Life IS what you make it, but your mind isn’t a friend to you.
This is probably the best and most important way of thinking about the brain. When we overreact, or “grow” paranoid, it’s us allowing the mind to lead us— and the mind is a shitty leader.
“Instinct” has to be one of the worst excuses for not knowing why you do or don’t do some things.
We automatically trust our mind, and that’s a mistake.
I use mbti to overcome delusion, you can use whatever you want– the only catch is it has to work during the moment. Here’s what I mean:
I’m an entp.
And Ne (leader function of the brain) SUX.
Ne loves different– it likes it so much that even when my life is awesome it plays the internal movie of me moving to another state, partying, closing big money deals, and living my movie devoid of any buffering or commercial breaks.
Following Ne has only led to failure.
Because I need to BUILD to get ahead in life, which I’m doing, and every single time I’ve done that– I get ahead.
So, when I catch myself doing the, “I need to move” “I need excitement” “this aint living” — I remind myself:
Dipshit, that’s Ne overreacting again, don’t fall for it.
And I’m free of it in that moment. Even if the movie still plays it, it has no hold over me.
This is key for all of us.
You need a way to step outside of your minds hold. Understanding it and having clear cut terms is the best way I know how.
By knowing that it’s Ne playing me, and not me, I’m able to overcome it.
Understanding where your mind does this is key.
Don’t believe everything you feel, that’s the first step. Also– if personality types and psychology has more demand, I’ll explore that for you all here.
Til next time, #FOOLFWD
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