People love to be in religions.

They love the community aspect of it. They love being told what to do. Its so much easier than figuring out what is actually the right thing to do. It makes everything so black and white. Theres an easy right and wrong. And its been shown that if you repeat something to yourself often enough,…More

Religions are the most profitable organizations in recent memory.

The main religions have outlasted ever government and corporation that they might have competed against. Islam was founded in 610 AD, 1,407 years ago. Christianity was founded in 31 AD, 1,986 years ago. Buddhism was founded in 624 BCE, 2,641 years ago. Judaism was founded around 1900 B.C.E., 3,917 years ago. In comparison, the world’s…More

Religion is the ultimate cognitive dissonance.

I stopped attending church regularly over a decade ago, mainly because of boredom. When I go these days I have the opposite problem. I’m fascinated. Fascinated by how 1.2 Billion people still identify as Catholics. The priest is balling on about: 1. How we need to be submissive to “God” aka the church. 2. How…More

People are wimps when it comes to weather.

Yes, there are cases where a snowstorm really affects you. e.g. if you live out in New Jersey and might actually lose power. Which, by the way, how is that still a thing? Why haven’t we put all the power lines underground? But, if you’re in a city with good mass transit, you can still…More

What are you competing against?

At any given moment I feel that I’m not doing enough or doing it to a high enough level. But, if I take this thinking to its logical conclusion, I won’t be happy until I’ve done more than every single person that has ever lived. Thats not necessarily a fulfilling way to live live. But,…More

You need a motivation routine.

A system that you know will get you to do the things that you don’t want to do but need to do to achieve your goals. This system needs to start with something very small that doesn’t take a lot of willpower and that triggers habits in your brain. This routine will need to be…More

Working more hours is better.

Theres a bit of a stigma with working 100+ hour weeks. But, if you do it correctly, it is objectively better than working a few hours a day and taking a lot of time to recover. You just have to do it in short spurts. In ways that you don’t burn out. But, there is…More

Ask people what they want.

Its easy to get caught up in your own desires. To see everyone as a means to an end. You forget that everyone else has wants and needs to. Ask about them. In the end, this will serve your interests more than just rambling on about what you want. ^Day 233/90 59 wordsMore