Thank you for these words. "Things don't get easier, and they will be as hard in 10 years as they are today" is what basically rung inside me when I read your post.Totally get that, and I'm not here to patronise you because I don't know your full story; I'm just saying that this shit doesn't get any easier, you just get stronger. The same dumbasses that can't handle their own future today will be the same later, and it's your job to ignore them and not associate with them; if that means not having any real friends, I'd say that's fine too. (Disclaimer: I'm not saying to become anti-social, do not become a ideologic twat that can't have normal human interactions, sometimes it's just better to have a healthy distance of intimacy between what you purport and what you think)
I don't mean to paddle my own philosophical narrative here, but stoicism goes hand in hand with entrepreneurship. It forces you to have an internal locus of control over your emotions. Beethoven was deaf yet created pieces in his later years more beautiful than many that still had the gift of hearing.
And actually, I've been reading a lot about Stoicism lately coincidentally btw. It hit me today when I read and realised that the most prominent/strong people get shit thrown at constantly and the most respectable ones simply stay indifferent, reflect for a moment and move on (Think Marcus Aurelius and his step dad). Why it hit me? Because I had the limiting belief that if you get bombarded 24/7 with negativity that you always, no matter what, get affected. So I'll try to not get affected too much and practise what I've been reading in the past few months.
Something interesting was also that homework has been less worse today.
This week, I had been basically every night (for homework) been staying up until at least midnight, and one night till 5am and on one day I didn't sleep for 26 hours.
It's midnight right now and I finished homework 10-20 minutes ago. Sure, I took a huge a$$ while again but it didn't feel as bad as the nights before. Maybe I can hold up with this and I am slowly getting used to this. Time will tell.
Either way, thanks guys for trying to cheer me up and motivate me. I got a job on Saturday btw, the Italian restaurant guy called after like 1.5 months lol. Really not the best pay but eh, we'll see.
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