[Work in Progress] How to be a real Pro: Part 1: Pros don’t play hurt. Part 2: What is The Resistance and why we can overcome it by Turning Pro Part 3: How I managed to self-sabotage in the process of managing my self-sabotaging self Part 4: How to see pain accurately? How to tell…
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Tiga minggu ini makin resah mengikuti perkembangan Virus Corona di media sosial. Hari ke hari terasa makin dekat dan nyata. Dari awal sayup-sayup di Wuhan, lalu sekilas mengikuti perkembangan di Iran, mendengar upaya-upaya yang berlangsung di Korsel, Jepang, dan Singapura. Mulai heboh di Italia, meledak di Spanyol, lalu menyadari bagaimana tidak siapnya Amerika. Tidak panik,…
In 2016 I started doing body weight exercises, intermittent fasting, and picked up strength training. I was fully immersed in it for a couple of years the way any Type A person would have. I did my research, set the direction, set up a process, and showed up consistently — perhaps a bit obsessively. I…
A couple of days ago I found myself procrastinating. I kept on going back to my phone, compulsively scrolling through the stream of tweets and news about COVID-19. It was particularly frustrating because my mind was super clear that day. But instead of spending it productively. I squandered it just like that. I was able…
Resistance is one of the most useful mental models I ever picked up. Steven Pressfield first coined this term in his book, The War of Art. https://medium.com/the-mission/steven-pressfield-how-to-go-from-amateur-to-turning-pro-be44c794a73b “Every time you want to go from a lower level to a higher level — becoming an entrepreneur, get in better shape, meditate, be an artist — the…
I have been holding one question: what makes a good life? One of the conclusion I had was: “seek pain, amplify pleasure”. The idea behind it is life is better when you optimise for range. Aim to get the high highs and low lows. You feel more alive by having as many days as possible…
Let me start by sharing two thoughts Many people do need to lose fat. But not everyone need to go on a diet. We can lose fat without dieting. Diets don’t work if we don’t address the underlying issue that caused the unhealthy relationship with food and exercise. This is the root issues that cause…
I didn’t expect snapping out of an eating disorder to be this easy. It has been 14 days since I started giving myself permission to eat more and intentionally increase my level of body fat. I am doing it to recover from amenorrhea. What I have lost so far: guilt, stress, self judgement appetite /…
Why do we hate fat? Why do we run around trying to lose fat? How much fat is OK? I realised I never challenged the idea of vilifying body fat. I see the obsession we have with losing weight and losing fat but I never consciously processed it. It’s just one of those “facts”. A…
(welcome to a public session of overthinking where I talk to myself, trying to unblock and quiz my Resistance) That frustrating feeling of knowing you have a ton of potential inside, but you’re not able to fully actualize it out into the world. Consume less, produce more. Ingest less, create more. Quantity over quality. No…