If You’re Not Excited To Get Up In The Morning, It Might Mean…- Mark Manson

I love Alex Hormozi but this is a really refreshing perspective on work and life

To anyone who's suffering depression, anxiety, insomnia and other mental health problems, you are not alone. I feel you. You are so brave. You are doing so well. I'm proud of you. I'm sending you a virtual hug ❤ what helped me get out of that dark spiral was journaling and mindfulness from Shift Your Mind by Alexander Brooks. The anxiety that used to control my whole day barely shows up now!🙏❤

"A busy calendar was a hedge against existential loneliness." Chris needs to write a book on all of the awesome quotes he says.

I never had a “thing.” I couldn’t sing, couldn’t dance, couldn’t fix cars or play an instrument. I could not draw or paint . Some people do karate , do yoga , surf , ski or hike . Me none of that . I grew up in survival mode . For a long time, I thought something was wrong with me. Why couldn’t I love something enough to master it? People always say we all have a gift buried inside but I never felt that. I thought I’d just be a worker for the rest of my life. Good at showing up putting my head down grinding. But was that it? Then I started writing. Not because it was my passion but because it was my weapon. My way to fight the war in my head. I’m not even a good writer my spelling and grammar are terrible. But writing helped me get the chaos out of my mind and see it for what it really was. And the more I wrote the more I started to bring things into existence. Writing didn’t make me feel talented. It made me feel alive. Like I wasn’t just surviving anymore. I became obsessed with fixing what’s broken. Not just in me, but in the world. In how we live, think, work, and carry pain. Truth is I still struggle everyday. Wondering if I’d ever find it . But for now I’m in love with the quest to know it’s out there. For now I’ll just keep writing everyday because that’s what keeps me moving.

I’ve hated my job for so long and I’ve buried that feeling and those that come with it for too long that they can no longer be contained. My only advice to anyone who reads this. Always keep your emotions and personal health (both physical and mental) at the front of your mind. Analyse your emotions, give yourself emotional health check ups because it’s important to know if you should grip the rope harder and work harder, or if it’s time to let go and move on for the sake of looking forward to a better day. Don’t get me wrong the grass might not be greener on the other side, but at least you started the search for something better.

You’re not unlucky in love. You’re just never still long enough to be known. You say it’s the schedule, but maybe it’s the shield. It’s safer to keep moving than risk being seen before you’re ready. I get it. Growth doesn’t come from hiding. It comes from being met, even when you’re unfinished.

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I love Mark but from a perspective of a workaholic, telling me and others that you wakeup and go straight to your computer, is exactly the reason I have a morning protocol.

A much-needed reminder that rest isn't just about sleep, but also about aligning with our true passions and values.

By the time you realize you hate your soul sucking job you have so many responsibilities that you can’t just walk away to pursue your passions that’s why the hustle culture is so alluring because you think if you push push push, you’ll find that one opportunity that’s lucrative enough that you can finally leave the soul sucking job and wake up at 6 AM with no alarm to do something you love