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We Play The Games To Be Free Of Them

In life, we play a lot of games – status, jobs, education, etc. A reason to win them is to be free of them.

You can always opt-out of the games too, but there may be anxiety from the avoidance.

Feel specialness, experience separateness.

I wonder how much of people’s enjoyment of swimming, surfing, and skydiving is because they’re hard to do while listening to podcasts?

It’s okay to disappoint others, just try not to disappoint yourself.

People decide to put some things on their bodies instead of other things because of warmth, performance, or status. The biggest reason is status.

If you’re upset about standing in line, know that if you weren’t there, you’d probably just be standing somewhere else.

An issue for many forms of work is that you can always do more. Ultimately, you have to set the limits.

When something comes at you full force, do you push against or flow with it?

Criticism without an affirmative vision is pretty empty. It’s easier to tear a building down than to build it.

Being self-aware or telegraphing self-awareness of your harmful behaviors doesn’t absolve you of them.