jnklheimer
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- Jan 9, 2021
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When this "new normal " stuff started, I unfortunately gave a lot of energy to it. I read a lot of forum posts, kept up on the news, and grew agitated and anxious about it. Every time I went to go to the store I expected to be confronted for not playing along, and I would run through scenarios in my mind about how I would react. I grew conditioned by social media videos that confrontation was inevitable. It was unpleasant and strange.
So I stopped all that. I just went back to studying interesting subjects I care about, and sure, I did keep up on "pandemic" related news and chatterings, but it wasn't a big focus of how I used my time. When I would go out for errands I wouldn't focus on the idea of conflict, and the occasional time an overzealous commoner accosted me about me not playing along with the health theatrics, I would just pretend they aren't there and continue on with my business.
I extended that to how I did my business, I would simply "be like water" and find my path and things would go well. I didn't go out of my way to follow the rules but I also didn't flaunt my disregard for them. If something was required of me to go ahead in my dealings, I would do it, but I wouldn't willingly invite more oversight into my day-to-day activities.
Last week I eased up on that good path and started giving more attention to the media. I even went out of my way to follow some unnecessary rules in how I run my business, I did the "right thing" by willingly notifying an authority about a bill that I could have just as well ignored and not suffered any consequence as they were totally unaware of it and had no way to find out. As a result of that, I invited an investigation into my records and basically brought myself an unnecessary inconvenience that is totally of my own doing.
Doing the "right thing" brought more annoyance and discomfort to my life. When I continue on choosing the path of least resistance but still headed towards my goal, all of my dreams come to fruition and I am happier, and healthier. I deal with other happy and healthy people and it feels really nice. Today I had to step into that lower world again to finish up that unfortunate loose thread I had created, and a masked guy began commenting to me about how much this "pandemic" is making things so much harder. For a moment, I actually felt bewilderment. Nothing is actually harder for anyone except by the conditions they continually create. I saw his point of view and immediately recognized it as self-inflicted victimhood by choice.
So I'm going back to the good mindset. I am going to continue accumulating wealth so I can have the space to live happily and healthily and I am going to distance myself from the attitude of the masses. The poorer I would be, the more dependent I would become on people whose outlook and attitudes aren't pleasant to me. I find myself not second-guessing my path much anymore, and my days are more serene, with moments of really nice joy and contentment.
So I stopped all that. I just went back to studying interesting subjects I care about, and sure, I did keep up on "pandemic" related news and chatterings, but it wasn't a big focus of how I used my time. When I would go out for errands I wouldn't focus on the idea of conflict, and the occasional time an overzealous commoner accosted me about me not playing along with the health theatrics, I would just pretend they aren't there and continue on with my business.
I extended that to how I did my business, I would simply "be like water" and find my path and things would go well. I didn't go out of my way to follow the rules but I also didn't flaunt my disregard for them. If something was required of me to go ahead in my dealings, I would do it, but I wouldn't willingly invite more oversight into my day-to-day activities.
Last week I eased up on that good path and started giving more attention to the media. I even went out of my way to follow some unnecessary rules in how I run my business, I did the "right thing" by willingly notifying an authority about a bill that I could have just as well ignored and not suffered any consequence as they were totally unaware of it and had no way to find out. As a result of that, I invited an investigation into my records and basically brought myself an unnecessary inconvenience that is totally of my own doing.
Doing the "right thing" brought more annoyance and discomfort to my life. When I continue on choosing the path of least resistance but still headed towards my goal, all of my dreams come to fruition and I am happier, and healthier. I deal with other happy and healthy people and it feels really nice. Today I had to step into that lower world again to finish up that unfortunate loose thread I had created, and a masked guy began commenting to me about how much this "pandemic" is making things so much harder. For a moment, I actually felt bewilderment. Nothing is actually harder for anyone except by the conditions they continually create. I saw his point of view and immediately recognized it as self-inflicted victimhood by choice.
So I'm going back to the good mindset. I am going to continue accumulating wealth so I can have the space to live happily and healthily and I am going to distance myself from the attitude of the masses. The poorer I would be, the more dependent I would become on people whose outlook and attitudes aren't pleasant to me. I find myself not second-guessing my path much anymore, and my days are more serene, with moments of really nice joy and contentment.