Message from @MufflePuff
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idk why it's hard for you
@JDB I know you can do it, but you will limit your development that way. You'd be a shell of what you could be, but a succesful one. You will wake up one day regretting not having more fun while you were young
u have so much cash, that u can legit just do whatever u want for 5+ years
@shadowlessnexus I think you have to be professional and dressing well/being in good shape and other silly things DOES signal a higher value. Now, it doesn't have to be sexual. There is nothing wrong working a job as you train yourself in another career.
tbh - i just want to work a 3-4 day week as anything, so i can spend most of my time learning
@JDB I am there with you. I am treating this job (software engineer making 75k) as means to more. I spend 4 hours in the morning before work to study/learn, then work 8-10 hours, workout 1 hour and chill the rest of the night. On weekends, I just hang with friends or learn. I think you do need to prioritize social though. It's so easy to be a hermit and start getting depressed if you're not careful.
<@549393998788296736> Yeah, I love playing with the Halo effect. It's so funny seeing it all play out 100% according to your expectations. That's why I'm so bitter about women and relationships
I honestly don't give a damn about my value. I'd rather have low social value and stay under the radar. You can only keep it so low as you raise it, but I don't care what society thinks about me.
I know my true value and it's a shame that I can't hide it from the world at my will.
@MufflePuff I want high value for raises/bonuses/work but care less otherwise.
Ahh, well.... I don't want a job.
Makes sense for that though.
how do u have 4 hours to study
when do u get into work
@MufflePuff I don't care that you don't care, but your body cares. You have two different brains. Your system 1 (reptile brain) cares deeply about others' opinion. Your system 2 really doesn't care because it's logical. System 1 is a million times faster though and can override system 2 in a moment of weakness
roko why do i find it so easy to not care then?
Yes. Meditation helps. That's why HHH also advocates it. I should do so too more often
my resting state, with no effort, idc
Ehhhhh... I disagree @Roko. What are the long-term effects of my reptile brain not getting this validation?
@JDB That's the whole reason I talk to you so much. You can override system 1. You're special in a way and I want to learn that trait.
@MufflePuff You will feel like shit and you won't know why. It's physical pain coming from inside.
I guess....
maybe mufflepuff is like me too
@Roko I know this will sound really dumb but I've been doing a 'passive meditation' by leaving my phone turned off in my work drawer. I embrace the slow moments of life without any distraction. I sit down to my computer to work. Otherwise, I am mentally freed up.
I've been a social monk more and more the older I get and I'm happier each year because I'm living truly for myself.
@secrite That's a good idea. I think that we're generally overstimulated though and our bodies cannot handle it. Minimalism and meditation would be good habits to pick up
I'm more productive every year.
@JDB I usually wake up 0500 and work on the side until 0900. I work 5 mins away so I get in around 0905-0910.
oh wow nice
The last thing I want is external validation.
in order to reach nirvana, we have to let go
@MufflePuff Why? And how do you feel usually?
too much stimulation currently
Cloud 9 every day.
And because external validation is useless.
@Roko I've been leaving the phone locked away in the drawer the past 2 weeks and it's still hard. I randomly feel like I get a buzz in the pants (not even the good kind!) but then remember it's only for work.
muffle were u the person who uses google calendar?
Internal validation is all that matters. Not that it matters more, it is all that matters. And every day that I live and every day that I progress, THAT validates that fact. Which makes me even happier.