Are you broke? Or are you just working a job you don’t give a damn about, settling for second best, letting fear run your life, and wasting years of your life saying “one day?”
Next time you’re about to give up, think of this:
Who would it help if you give up?
If the answer is nobody, then keep going.
If the answer is the enemy, then keep going.
FYI, your sleep shouldn't be a struggle...
You can buy all the mattresses & gadgets you want, and maybe some will help...but it's a health issue.
Fix the underlying problem.
You should fall asleep easily & sleep soundly even on an old mattress in the garage.
happiness and unhappiness are the same thing
someone can make you laugh and still leave you feeling empty. someone can piss you off beyond belief and still be the person you’re most grateful for
these two feelings live in the same house.
they share a wall. and the thing that determines which room you’re sitting in at any given moment is you
think about every time you’ve been happy. every time you’ve been miserable
the situations changed.
the people changed.
the circumstances changed.
you were there every single time
your happiness was never in someone else’s hands. your unhappiness was never caused by someone else’s actions. both were always filtered through your interpretation first
the event happens.
you interpret the event.
the emotion follows the interpretation.
every single time. no exceptions
shit is never as it is
shit is how you choose to see it
and shit is only good if you decide to see it as beneficial to your own interests.
your brain doesn’t process raw reality. it processes your version of reality. and your version is always, always subjective
most people make these decisions on autopilot. they react based on conditioning and past experiences. they never stop to ask “is this actually bad or am I just interpreting it that way because that’s what I’m used to doing?”
self-respect means pausing before assigning meaning. self-respect means knowing that your internal world belongs to you. fully. unconditionally.
no one gets access to your emotional state unless you hand them the keys
and having the right attitude means you stop handing out keys to everyone you meet
your happiness depends on you.
your unhappiness depends on you.
your peace depends on you.
the common factor was always you
choose what you make of it
Norm Macdonald once said:
"I remember a psychiatrist once telling me that I gamble in order to escape the reality of life, and I told him that’s why everyone does everything.”
Stop trying to escape.
The internet focuses people on silly things in relationships.
Look for the partner who will support you through the fire.
Maybe you've been lucky, you're young, or you think rough times will never come...but they will...
You'll be so grateful you chose quality over nonsense.
Breaking: BlackRock just froze $1.2 billion in withdrawal requests at its private credit fund.
Here's what happened:
• Investors in BlackRock's $26B fund asked to pull out 9.3% of their money
• BlackRock said no — capped withdrawals at 5%
• Blackstone's $82B fund saw record withdrawal requests the same week
• Blackstone had to put in $400M of its own cash to cover the exits
Two of the biggest funds on the planet are limiting how much you can take out.