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3MM: Inverse PTSD, Car Seats & Poetry
3 MINUTE MONDAYHi friend, My US & Canada live tour is getting close to selling out - LA, Vancouver, Toronto and Nashville are all gone. New York City, Austin, Boston, Denver, Salt Lake City & Chicago - limited tickets left. “The worst thing that’s ever happened to you is the worst thing that’s ever happened to you.” — Joe Rogan The saddest you’ve ever been is the saddest you’ve ever been. The hardest you’ve ever worked is the hardest you’ve ever worked. Tough times aren’t fun in the moment for the same reason that no one ever believes they’re living through a golden era. “The golden years” only ever seem to exist in the past because it’s only with the benefit of hindsight that we know all our worries were a waste of time. When you’re going through it, all your concerns are still open loops, they’re things to fear. In retrospect you see that you had the ability to handle them and there was nothing to be bothered about. Which suggests that if you’ve just come out of the hardest period of your life, this seems like a cause for celebration. New workload level unlocked! Every new challenge shows you a new territory you were scared of but survived. Each time you break a new limit, you now know you have the capacity to handle more than you ever did before. It’s inverse PTSD. Like workload exposure therapy that teaches you “Oh I’ve been here before and I didn’t die, this is ok.” MODERN WISDOMI do a podcast where I pretend to have a British accent. You should subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. This week’s upcoming episodes: Monday. Thursday. Saturday. THINGS I'VE LEARNED1. Most cars can’t fit three car seats, so having a third child means buying a much larger, more expensive car. As a result, fewer people have more than two kids. According to one analysis, U.S. car-seat laws saved 57 lives in 2017, but resulted in 8,000 fewer births. — Steve Stewart-Williams 2. “If you already live a comfortable life, then choosing to make more money but live a worse daily life is a bad trade. And yet we talk ourselves into it all the time. We take promotions that pay more, but swallow our free time. We already have a successful business, but we break ourselves trying to make it even more successful. Too much focus on wealth, not enough focus on lifestyle." — James Clear 3. “Lonely men need to stop making podcasts and start writing poems again. There are great poems out there written by some really unhappy dudes.” LIFE HACKNew PRESIDENT song. A new pseudonymous band just dropped their first single, I’m excited to see what they do in future. Big love, Try my productivity drink Neutonic. PS |
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3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, Come see me live in NYC, Boston, Denver, Austin, Salt Lake City & Chicago - https://chriswilliamson.live Here are some rules about overthinking: You can’t think your way out of a feeling problem. Overthinking is underfeeling. Trying to think your way into feeling emotions is like trying to drink your way sober. Trying to think your way out of overthinking is like trying to sniff your way out of a cocaine addiction. “Overthinking invents more problems than it...
3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, The Modern Wisdom Reading List Vol. 2. It’s happening. I finally finished it. This one took me so much time to put together, I really hope you like it. Goes live to the public this Wednesday 2nd July. You guys will get access before anyone else though, just check your email inbox this Tuesday 💜 Anyway, here’s 6 rules about productivity: 1. Your life does not need to be easier. It needs to be simpler. Your system is designed to handle stress and challenge but not...
3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, Brand new Neutonic Focus Blend flavour just dropped. Limited Edition Watermelon Mint stick packs. Get them before they're sold out. Anyway, onto what I’ve been thinking about this week… “It is a supremely cruel thing to have your mind conjure a desire which it is functionally unable to realise.” — Max Barry This describes a special category of problem that I think about quite often. Person A has the talent to become successful but doesn’t have the resilience to...