I don't want plans, goals, ambitions, visions, etc. I want to wait for opportunities and ideas that feel right and just hop onto them. I want to be better at filtering out the right moments from the wrong ones, so I can more easily find the right ones. If these moments were trains, then in this metaphor I'd want to live near the trainstation (preferable a connection point where many trains meet, like in Hamburg)
To be able to do anything easily: Find what you intrinsically enjoy or naturally care about. What comes naturally to you, what do you automatically do between the musts and shoulds and chores? What will you do regardless of money, fame and acceptance? Practice and become even less attached to the results. Then, don't think too much before taking the first step (you know nothing yet), just take it and learn from it.
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juntogawa
1 month ago
With the right intrinsic motivation, the next steps will come naturally and you'll eventually gain enough experience to be able to make realistic plans, judge your own work objectively, filter out your wrong preconceived notions and common societal myths (because you know the truth from practical experience), and gain skills in your domain, so that you can improve and get further.
juntogawa
1 month ago
Not doing it for results (money, fame, acceptance, success, whatever), also makes it easy to remove ego. Without ego you'll see people's criticism of you, as well as your own self-criticism, for what it is and not let the emotions arising from them control you and make you give up or cater to anyone.
juntogawa
1 month ago
The thing is, I can write this how much I want, but information won't change you. Change comes from your own emotions. Maybe that's why you should do the right thing and hope people feel inspired instead of telling people to do the right thing.
I wanted great results, and the best method to reach that was to focus on the process over the results. And by doing that the results are slowly slowly fading away in importance, until they in the end don't mean anything at all... In the end I'll be working on my game in my apartment and you'll never see it. It started with goals and ambitions but ends with none at all.
It's incredible how much easier it is to find the common problems in the world, than it is to come up with the solutions. Then, putting in the action is even harder. And getting others to do it, is almost impossible.
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When reading a book, absorb the information in it like it's 100% true. After you've finished the book, start criticizing it.
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To maybe explain the metaphor better: Normally people would like to get a faster train, or a better train. Or rush to the train to get on it. Or buy tickets in advance so you don't miss your schedule. But I just want to live near the train station and catch a train when the opportunity strikes.