keenemind

The title says it all. Just a vague question to be responded to in whatever way you choose. I'm curious to hear what a group like this would have to say.

@aurum I appreciate your support and guidance. You are right, I am not at the place where I can afford to live on my own so I have to accept this environment as my reality until I get out in time. My largest goal is to build this business. I have amazing support from my "family", that is the friends that I have made outside of my blood-family who support me and push me to be better. Your advice mirrors some other advice I received today which is to not try to run from this challenge any more, but realize that it is a manifestation of my mind, to some extent that is insofar as I cannot control others, only myself. I will try to show him that this is my path and passion in my successes. He is numb to others words, feelings, and opinions due to his "stage orange" categorization. I am setting out to write and verbalize my "Daily Purpose" every morning before seeing my father and then getting stuck into my work before I can let my monkey-mind be distracted by his misery - I cannot give misery company. Meditation allows me to transcend this noise well. Though, I am curious if you would recommend getting stuck into work and then later resorting to meditation when needed rather than a consistent time, say 8am? That is, work until 12pm, then meditate to stay on track vs. 8am every day? Again, thank you for your sympathy, advice, and support.

Hello all, I am a 21 year old male living at home with my divorced, recently retired doctor, father while in my third year college. Meanwhile, I am in the midst of building (or at least attempting to build) a high-conscious business, a project I started a year ago in concordance with my life-purpose. - I am in the fortunate position of not taking on debt for school and consider it a free 4 years to build my business while being "protected", using my school's resources to help me build my business. - I was living on my own at the conception and opening of my business which was a spectacular moment In my life. Yet, I needed to move home in March during the start of COVID. Since then, my business progress has halted and crashed. This autumn, I found a way to live alone (briefly) where I was able to analyze what went wrong and why things went wrong in March. I found that my mind became very weakened by my home environment: My home life is devoured by my father's darkness. My father is not an advocate of my business or life-path as he was a doctor; he imagines that I follow a similar, streamlined path as he did; he is not very emotionally supportive. Furthermore, he is an alcoholic, drinking anywhere between 1 and 2 bottles of wine every night along with at least 2 beers. Match this latter fact with his sorrow of being divorced and recently-retired, he numbs himself to the extent of growing verbally and emotionally abusive predicated on such sorrows. I have been meditating daily and practicing a life of self-actualization for 3 years. I am not an anxious person, I never have been. Meditation has allowed me to transcend stresses and environmental factors that would otherwise hurt my progress in life. Leo has been a voice in my growth since the very beginning. I've enjoyed going deeper into his content over the years. I have found my life-purpose through his content and owe him my life. However, when I arrived home, my environment left me struggling to reopen my business, stricken with anxiety and trauma. This autumn I worked to heal and combat this - When I was forced to return home again recently, I felt so prepared and am hungry for the life that I want to create for myself. This is my life-purpose and I won't let anything get in the way. I won't stop trying. I truly feel that this drive will keep my dreams alive. - I am hoping that some of you folks may be able to share some words of advice regarding how I could navigate my environment while pursing my life-purpose. I rely on my routine of journaling, meditation, and mentors to keep me on track. Though, recently, I have found my mind being defeated by my environment. -- If you need more details on my situation, I am happy to share. I tried sharing the best I could without distracted from the point. -- I appreciate your time and attention.