#484 Comfortable in uncomfortable misconceptions

ByLukas January 14, 2024

Even when the cure is available, we never let our body heal, because what would we do if we couldn’t complain about our ailments anymore?

Even when true love presents itself, we push it away, because what would we do if we can’t complain about partners leaving us anymore?

Even when friends and family show support, we don’t allow it, because what would we do if we can’t say anymore that everyone is out to screw us over?

Would we rather stay stubborn? Would we rather stay comfortable in our uncomfortable misconceptions?

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#551 Enjoy the show
ByLukas March 21, 2024March 20, 2024
You can’t expect to hold on forever to happiness
Without also clinging to your fears
Emotions flow
They come and go
The best you can do
Is observe
Feel
Enjoy the show.
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#275 What happens when you stop fighting yourself
ByLukas June 19, 2023June 19, 2023
The moment you accept you don’t feel like writing today and tell yourself that’s fine, is the moment you’ll write again.
Because you can only know and do what’s best for you when you stop fighting yourself.
Read More #275 What happens when you stop fighting yourself
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#342 You’re always on track
ByLukas August 25, 2023August 24, 2023
You won’t feel that you’re getting addicted to social media when you scroll through feeds on your smartphone every day. But you are.
You also won’t feel that you’re becoming a writer when you write just 1 minute a day. But you are.
You’re always on track to doing something or becoming someone. But rarely will it feel that way in the day to day.
Choose wisely.
Read More #342 You’re always on track
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#517 Could you be at peace no matter what
ByLukas February 16, 2024February 16, 2024
Could you be at peace when you make massive progress?
Could you be at peace when feel you’re going backwards?
Could you be at peace when nothing seems to be moving at all?
Could you be at peace no matter what, because you know what must happen must happen?
Read More #517 Could you be at peace no matter what
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#87 AI Raises the Bar
ByLukas December 13, 2022March 29, 2023
Attention, trust and GPT3
What do we do when AI can cobble together in seconds essays that take us hours (or days) to write – not even counting years of practice?
Maybe it just raises the bar for us – requiring is to make new work that continues to stand out from AI-generated content.
As things stand, that’s still possible.
But what happens when the bar is set so high that our human brains can’t jump over it anymore, even with a lifetime of practice?
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#92 The true purpose of memory
ByLukas December 18, 2022March 29, 2023
Wisdom doesn’t come from experience. It comes from reflecting on experience.

Between ages 25 and 75, the correlation between age and wisdom is zero.

Gaining insight and perspective is not about the number of years you've lived. It's about the number of lessons you've learned. pic.twitter.com/8wbKsCMkED
— Adam Grant (@AdamMGrant) December 11, 2022

Memory isn’t an objective account of the past – and that’s not its purpose either.
Memory stores the lessons we extract from life experience. And to do so, it modifies, adds, subtracts, highlights, and hides.
Hot soup burns my tongue – next time, I’ll remember the pain, but not if it was tomato soup or chicken soup. And I’ll remember to wait a couple of minutes before having the first spoon.
Experience lived. Irrelevant info deleted. Lesson learned. Memory created.
My country gets invaded – and that causes so much pain, I won’t just deliver an objective account of what happened: I’ll make sure to tell everyone who the evil guys are too.
Experience lived. Story modified. Lesson learned. Memory created.
I eat the most delicious dessert at a Mexico City restaurant – that’s the memory I’m going to tell my friends about, not which glass of dessert wine I had with it.
Experience lived. Dessert highlighted. Lesson learned. Memory created.
You’re going to make memories anyway. Which lessons do you want to learn?
Read More #92 The true purpose of memory

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