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Andee Scarantino's avatar

THIS IS THE BEST THING I HAVE READ ALL WEEK AND NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED ME IN IT.

Re, this: "So much of the stuff we fill our lives with every day is the equivalent of mental throat clearing; a psychological gargling to prepare ourselves for the real work we want to be doing."

The "not looking at the phone." The "morning pages." Yes, there are reasons for doing those things.

However, I find many people want the "identity" over the brain science. They're doing those things kind of rote, mindlessly, hoping they will be the fulcrum that causes the motivation to make the shift in their lives. Spoiler: they won't be.

I've been writing (not as publicly as you) but in one way or another, for my entire adult life. How does it look? Put fingers on the damn keys. Type.

Chop wood, carry water. It's a discipline as old as humanity itself. It's highly spiritual to thump thump, do the work, show up, day in, day out.

Showing up and doing the work is WAY more spiritual than half the shit on that list you wrote. Cupping? Tea? What!?

People have this idiotic idea that some day, the glorious identity they want is going to be washed over them like some wave of euphoria and THEN they'll have the gumption to act. THAT IS NOT THE WAY IT LOOKS.

Chop the wood. Carry the water. You will embody being it before you ever notice that you are, indeed, what you set out to become. In fact, chances are, other people are gonna tell you before you figure it out yourself.

Sidebar: I'm spiritual as all fuck. And I say "fuck." And I give myself permission. Even NEEM KAOROLI BABA HIMSELF called people "sister fuckers." And the first thing I do every morning is check LinkedIn to see what late night messages someone I'm in love with sent me, likely halfway into a bottle of wine. And the second thing I do is respond to emails and my clients.

AND YOU KNOW WHY? Because I really, and I MEAN REALLY, like being inactive in the afternoon.. which means ANYWHERE FROM TWELVE TO FUCKING 7PM

It looks how any one person wants it to look.

But you don't get out of using the axe. 🪓🪵🚶🏻‍♂️💦 (I wish I could bold, headline this line.)

Thanks for always speaking the gospel, my friend.

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Kristi Keller 🇨🇦's avatar

Proud to say there's no ballsack tea in my cupboard. No butter on my ass either because if there was I'd have bigger problems. My dog likes licking butter 😂

I really don't have a "weird" morning habit unless you consider saying good morning to an urn weird. Of course I talk to dead people...who doesn't?

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