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The areas in life that I kick ass at are areas where I have an abundance mindset (writing, making friends, being interesting) The areas in life that I’m shitty at are areas where I have a poverty mindset (sleep, schedules, time management) Both are self-fulfilling loops 🤔
I feel like there are some missing steps in the popular literature about this https://t.co/jzxrLHqExn
cooking/eating https://t.co/p7LsKXi1O4
I was like this myself (picky eater) until I enlisted in the army and had no choice but to eat unfamiliar food or starve Then I decided to teach myself how to food, and it was a very intimate and personal journey I have a lot of sympathy for picky eaters. It isn’t easy https://t.co/TCXixWDZuL
I think the missing step/link is this: the dominant feature of poverty mindset is *fear* So if you want to make a dent in it, you need to find a way to face your fear To do *that* you need to find or create a controlled environment where you can face it in small portions first
I remember when I tried to go scuba diving when I barely knew how to swim. The panic and fear was primal, physiological. “Just face your fear!!!” is like telling a weak person to just bench 100kg. It’s not physically possible, they’ll likely *hurt* themselves and make it *worse*
btw re: facing your fears, I have actually done this quite well in one sphere of my life: food. I used to be a super picky eater and now I am moderately adventurous. baby steps and controlled experiments. v intimate and personal journey https://t.co/nKwU3FalKq
Real talk, I was skinny as hell until I taught myself how to eat, and it wasn’t easy. 60kg/130lbs in the first pic, 85kg/190lbs now. Wow I used to look almost like I might’ve had an eating disorder. Maybe you could call it an eating... dysfunction...? It was sad, on retrospect https://t.co/bQRbNdwsKF
