A Little Idiot Voice's Advice for You and Me!
Some advice for a few lost idiots (I'm pretty sure I'm the only dumbass here).
Hola!
Welcome to another helping of This is Your Mind Ranting.
Is it narcissistic of me to share the advice I give myself when I’m being a lazy sack of shit? Would I be that insufferable to do something like that?
YES!
Today’s post is nothing but some ideas I’ve chewed on during the week and some advice the little voice in my head gives me. I could do a better job of listening to it. This advice is not earth-shattering. It’s just your typical “rah-rah” crap… but it’s made for my degenerate brain.
I never intended this newsletter to include “inspirational” messages, but my mind is fixated on the science of realistic improvement (along with Ninja Turtles, lucha libre, ranting, and being fat). I think most of us crave growth and wisdom. Maybe the heart (the body’s little brain) helps our big brain figure out why we do the dumb shit we do, and together they try to get us on the right track. As a man who’s been ignoring their calling because they didn’t want to try something difficult, I know how upsetting it is to know you had the answers to achieve success but chose to wander through life. I hope none of you experience this frustration. It’s worse than getting your nipples twisted by your 8th-grade bully all over again.
I decided to share the terrible advice I give myself with you, my beautiful degenerates, in the hopes that you listen to your little voice. Listening to that voice builds the strength and courage to do something worthwhile.
“Sometimes it helps to scold yourself, to give yourself advice.”- R.L. Stine
Advice from a Degenerate Slob to Himself (It might be useful to you)
What’s the worst that can happen if you go all in on a dream? Will it kill you to try something outside of your comfort zone? You’ve been telling yourself lies about the pain that comes with attempting the “impossible” and all it’s done is fuck you up. Being stuck in your ways will kill you sooner than embracing the new endeavor.
Your ego could use a whooping. You think you’re better than most at what you do. You’ll find someone who can run laps around you and that loss will sting… but it will make you wiser.
If you need to work to near death to keep the roof over your head, do it. A shelter gives you a place to rest and to think about how to get out of the hole you dug. Take that away and your mind will never find relief. I’m not telling you to do anything illegal, but you better make sure the mortgage/rent is covered by any means.
I hope that whatever God you pray helps you find the strength to read something that brings you joy. If self-help books only inspire you for a day or two, stop wasting your time and hard-earned money on them! Reading Ninja Turtle comics might be “dumb” to most people, but do you want to be like most people? Fuck no! Read comics or other forms of fiction if it means you give your mind a break from the noise.
Repeat after me: Whatever trouble or bullshit belief a celebrity holds will no longer surprise me. I have my controversial statements/actions to make.
You can keep trying different passions all at once; you’ll suck at all of them because you lack focus and commitment. You chase the shiny object, even though you know you’ll enjoy it for a week and be a miserable dummy. You must learn to choose one or two purposes and discover what’s beyond their limits.
You don’t have to waste time hating on others. They’re going to do what they want, regardless of your feelings about them. You are entitled to do the same.
Focus is the one skill you lack. You’re worse than a chubby Rottweiler being distracted by a butterfly. The Pomodoro technique seems too hard. The best trick is to work for 5 to 10 minutes, move around, and continue working until your next break. Will the project take forever this way? Yes. At this point, short but frequent movement breaks are the only solution that requires little time and effort. You could always take pills!
The most powerful lesson you can learn: Everyone makes mistakes. Public mistakes feel terrible, but you can learn to bounce back from almost anything.
This advice goes over my head a lot of the time. I’ve heard the little voice tell me about these things every day. I simply fail to adhere to its wise directions. That’s probably why I suffered so many years, wandering through life. I don’t want anyone else to experience this pain and frustration. Listen to that voice when it pushes you toward hard things.
Self-generating advice is pretty good1.
Until next time.
Most of the advice we give ourselves comes from someone or somewhere.