Today I don't really know what to write. But I've been thinking about your health. I hope you're not stressed. I hope you're calm and able to relax well. If that's not the case, maybe this can help you!
The most fundamental human need is "The need for discomfort".
In Buddhism, this is called suffering. It's a fundamental aspect of life.
The next layer is "discomfort with discomfort". This is also called "comfort".
And what I want you to do now is to define your limits, your boundaries.
How much discomfort do you want? How much comfort do you want?
It might look like this: I am going to set a routine for myself, but change one thing every day.
Or like this: Every day I am going to solve some problems, but no more than 10! Ever.
In practice, you might solve 5 or 10 problems, and then stop worrying completely.
You can also divide your life into "just flowing" for 4 hours and being deliberate for 8 hours.
I hope this can help you set a nice foundation for your future. You can also solve 100 problems, if you like.
Anyway, let's move on to other basic needs.
healing processes, nutrition I/O, body usage, brain usage, cleaning, breathing, shelter, perspective, energy-minimalism
Life's purpose is growth. So we have to break ourselves a little bit and heal again. Then we grow. This is the healing process. Exercising our muscles is torturing ourselves. That's why it's so useful. Pain is good. But you still have to be gentle with yourself.
Nutrition I/O. Of course you need to shit regularly. It's also part of using your body. I wonder if you like blueberry muffins. I love them!
Body usage. This is not an invitation to have sex with me or anybody else. It just means you have to use your muscles, and your skin, and your nose, your teeth, and so on. There's a saying "Use it or lose it!" (is this about me?)
Brain usage. It's really fun to use your brain. If you know how! Close your eyes and imagine a cloud. I'm sitting next to you. Don't be afraid. The cloud is big enough for both of us. Damnn. I'm choking on my water. A lot of people don't know the difference between choking and strangulating. My water would never strangulate me. I trust him. Anyway, back to using our brains. Concentrating on something is one way of using your brain. Solving problems is another one! Maybe you can learn some skills if you'd like. Here's a 5 step process you can use to learn a skill: 1) choose microskill 2) define 3) integrate 4) combine 5) experiment - that's as simple as it gets. to write one word you have to be able to write a letter. that's a microskill. you can define the hand movements for writing. then you can "integrate" or repeat or practice the hand movements. you can start by practicing a single movement over and over. then combine with another one, which you've also practiced. then you can experiment to explore new territory. Is the small letter a pregnant? Sounds illegal to me.
Cleaning. I'm getting this heart "surgery"-like thing. It's not a surgery... It's intrusive, but not that much. It goes through one of my veins. If I die, then at least you will have me in 999 other multiverses. The luck's on your side! How is this related to cleaning? Oh, right. I have to remove any hair from my back. Apparently that's difficult to do. So you can ask me to clean your back if you need it. Cleaning is a very important part of life. You have to shower regularly if you don't want to smell worse than a trash can. Trash doesn't smell that bad though. So you can skip showering for a week. I don't mind.
Breathing. Most people never think of it as something you can learn or improve upon. And yet, most people fail miserably at it. Maybe these two things have something to do with each other... Deep breathing is the most important part of life. Stop breathing and you die.
Shelter. If you need shelter, just ask.
Perspective. Always keep a positive perspective. Stop finding a problem in every solution. Stop seeing every problem as a problem. Problems are subjective. It's up to you. Do you appreciate it, or do you hate it? You have to be emotional to have problems. Sometimes you forget about the problems you've already solved. Then you feel like a failure. Bobby Fischer felt this way after winning the world championship title. He's still one of my big inspirations! He changed the world. Just by loving something. He loved chess the way I love you. Eventually he began hating chess, but let's forget about that. Chess is limited. Life is not. Chess has 64 squares and you have... let's count when we meet next year!
Energy-minimalism. Be efficient. Take the shortest path. Spend the least amount of energy.
Have a good day, dear buddy-friend!