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Get used to pain, boredom, anxiety. Accepting the pain allows the system to boost dopamine to balance out the reward system, and you will feel more motivated.

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Every man has a lake of tears and a mountain of anger inside him. - Dr. James Hollis

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How to manage intense grief? Show yourself kindness.

You will be physically and cognitively exhausted

Your body is adapting to a new reality it can hardly comprehend. You will be exhausted.

Your brain will be tired. It needs to make new pathways for the new reality.

Breath

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"So these are the Deep Ones?"

"Yes."

"They seem kind of fishy."

"Of course. They look like fish, and they live at the bottom of the ocean."

"No, that's not what I'm talking about. Are they philosophizing?"

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"Sisyphus will be rolling a boulder up a hill for eternity. That much is true. 
Does he believe his task to be futile or does he believe it fulfills him? 
Who's to say he's accepted his toil? 
Who's to say he is happy with his plight? 
Camus said 'One must imagine Sisyphus happy'. 
I say 'One might imagine Sisyphus happy  after he barely avoids getting flattened by the damn rock as it rolls back down.' "

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One author really helped me with this. Take every item you want to have descriptions for and break it down into bullet points of your primary senses and emotional reactions. Like a main character, do they smell like a specific soap or perfume? Is their skin soft or callused, what is visually striking about them etc. Don't use all the discriptors in one go but have pages dedicated to description notes. You might start off by giving striking visuals and sounds cause those are the first senses people normally use to get to know something, next might be smells if pungent otherwise touch or little subtle details about the thing up close. Your aim is to basically suggest an environment where a reader could feel emersed in a place as tho they were sensing it themselves. The next thing is read good descriptions, have a glossary of descriptive words you use too regularly and some alternatives to switch it up. If a person's skin has already been described as soft expand on this, is it delicate, silky or frail. Delicacy

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You will always have thoughts and emotions. We don't silence them, we accept them, but we also try not to focus on them and let them control our behavior

https://www.reddit.com/r/Meditation/comments/1651a1t/comment/jybykmy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

I would say this. Don't try to quiet your mind. Focus on your breathing and let everything else fall away.

When, inevitably, a thought like, "I need to drop off laundry!" or "I can't concentrate!" pops up, take a deep breath. Visualize your lungs swelling with air, and then falling.

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Purpose of Life

Why life?

What is the purpose of life?

You just fell into the teleological trap. Begging the question.

Assuming the truth of your claim. Your claim: life has a purpose, life has a reason for existing

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suffering = pain x resistance

peace = pain / acceptance

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Problem: I’m bored or sad.

Fix: You need to give yourself AMP projects.

AMP projects fufill these criteria

• Autonomy - It's a project you choose that you want to do: “We want to do this.”
• Mastery - The project is challenging enough to force you to continually learn: “We can always get better.”
• Purpose - The project helps the community: “We’re helping people.”