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So guys , I am currently 22 and for a couple of years I have been, lets say, obsessed with idea (I know, I know its about its execution, but that's not the point) with creating financial independence before I am 30. Currently I am planing to open a business but I have this friction that I should study philosophy, truth and enlightenment instead and just cannot have this two lives. Although I read a lot of books, I meditate, I did a retreat couple months ago, I feel that I cannot do these 2 things at the same time because I will half ass both of them, especially because they are almost the opposites. (combining them is very rare e.g. Actualized.org, but even Leo said that it is because of this business he is not as deep as he could be; and it's also different then LP, its not about LP) It's not about looking for a balance. Its about putting 100% into one thing for quite some time. For me it should be creating financial independence, one can say that it is also really personal for me and its true, but that's not the point. Do not get me wrong I would still be self-actualizing, meditating and occasionally read a book about some deep topic, even for the sake of pleasure. Most of you will never reach the level you could because of your 'normal' life. And it's okay, but only If you don't want to. Some of you know Mj Demarco and his thing and its exactly what I am talking about. I have big internal conflict about it. For the sake of argument, suppose that if you could 'sacrifice' the next 8 years to guarantee yourself financial independence would you do it? Would you do it if you were 20? Would you not do it? Someone did that? Someone did not do it and now regrets it? Share your thoughts! My intuition (or fears?) tell me I should go into this 100%.

Same here. I guess this whole topic is just me looking for validation that's it's right thing to do but the truth is nobody will ever know what's the best thing to do than me. Thanks guys for all the advice.

@B_Naz Well lets gets practical. Imagine you are building a business 100h a week. What know? You can't meditate 2,3 hours a day, then contemplate etc and do all the other stuff... Interesting thought. Of course if I allocate 1 hour of yoga (+ of course meditation)and it will give me a great results - and I will try that BUT I do not think that you guys realize how much work (meaning time) you have to spend to build great business etc.

Great point. Thank you. I agree 100%. Growth will be immese I know that. But there is differance between self realization and self actualization. But the dilemma is between pursuing enlightenment vs chasing independence. Sorry @Quanty I do not get your point.

@B_Naz You can be financially stable in your 9-5. When you are independent you can decide to go on Hawai retreats for monts and do not have to worry about money. You can start paiting full time for a year and never have thought how will you survive. When I said its personal I meant that I always struggled with taking decision based on money and I hate it. Why? Doesn't it sound nice? Having that kind of freedom in your decisions and in your life? If you not dig it I don't know what else to say.

@Nahm I want to and I will. But just not all at the same time.

Couple days ago I deleted my account because I was addicted. The problem is with you not the instagram. You do not have to delete it - just block it for couple weeks so you can focus on what's important. Its about control. If after couple of weeks you will come back to your bad habits (and you probably will because they design the app that way) I think you should delete it. Cal Newport have some great thoughts about it. http://calnewport.com/blog/2017/10/02/are-you-using-social-media-or-being-used-by-it/

Yes of course. Because you grown so much from your experiances you gained wisdom and you have changed. Interesting thoughts. Thank you. I understand. Of course most of the paths can be a great distraction, but I feel that I will never forget which one is most important. If that's what you feel you should focus on - great, do it. For me - I gained a lot from my experiances and learning from Leo and of other sages that I will probably won't get lost in the game ever again. Remember that now - when you are in your early 20s - it is the time (imo) which has the most leverage - if you use it properly you can do whatever you want in your life. Of course, I will never do sth that has little or no value for the people. I could never create another McDonald's even if it would made me rich. I know my values. Nothing will be more important then that Yes of course, I am not doing this for the money - as paradoxical as it sounds. But there is difference between being financialy secure and independent. I mean crushing it so you are able to put the systems to work so you can be free to the rest of your life - and it is possible. Now, will these be my vision and goal as I reach 30? Probably not and it's okay but it is my vision now. And it is also not about if I/you can do it. That's not the point. Of course you can waste these couple years now when you lost everything in economic crash, but then you will 30 - still young, a little bit wiser with different perspectiv and values but also with a whole life in front of you. The main thing to remember is to not forget the path. I strongly believe that you can have/be everything/anyone you want in life BUT not all at the same time and that requires strategic thinking.

So I have this weird problem. When I talk with someone in slightly stressful situation e.g job interview I tend to get stuck - what I mean is that for example someone ask me a question and I don't know what to say (or I just start talking automatically but then get stuck not knowing what to say next) and I start observing myself being stuck and then I start to observe myself observing myself being stuck. And this act of observing myself and noticing that I am stuck - is blocking me from speaking automatically. By observing I mean watching myself and watching my thoughts - which are "oh shit I am stuck" or "oh shit I do not know what to say" or "oh shit nothing is coming to my mind right know". This thing really bothers me because I know that I am intellectually capable to answer the question and speaking my mind but I noticed that I found myself in this situation over and over again lately. Maybe some of you know what I mean. The best metaphor I could think of is the same feeling when you try to speak in your non-native language and the words just do not come to you, but when you are talking to yourself mentally (in your non-native language) everything is just perfect. You have the clarity, you know what to say, how to say it and you do not get stuck - the words just come to you. I have been meditating for about 2 years pretty consistently and before that I was dabbling with meditation for about 2 years. I also did 10 vipassana meditation retreat back in February. I mention this because I think it has crucial significance, because of the shifting of awareness. Maybe those of you who are talking in front of camera maybe had similar experience - focusing on the fact that you are recording a video can influence your ability to focus on what you want to say - the awareness in on the fact that you are recording and not that you are talking. I would appreciative any advice on this. I feel dumb as fuck sometimes.

hmm maybe you are right. I will think about it. exactly. Thank you! I'm doing ok 1- Not really, but it does not mean that I tell truth all the time. Sometimes I just avoid direct answers. 2 - In job interview - not really, but they need to like me to give me the job, so I try to present myself as good candidate. 3 - Well, yes. Maybe not perfect answers, but the answers that I gave some thought to. You can't just say whatever comes to your mind because most of the time is not going to be good. I don't want to talk gibberish.

I think the solution is just to get present and shift awareness, not to the thoughts but focus on what I want to/should say next. Focusing on the converation to get into the flow. And of course not making a habit from this confusion.

@iTommy Yup same for me. This is my experience, maybe you can relate: I think, for me, shifting awareness and focusing very delibarety on what to say next will be the best solution.

@Spiral Yes, you are right - I should think first rather than start talking immediately - I have this tendency to jump in rather than think about the answer. But this is not a problem - problem is shifting awareness. There is another post in which someone is talking about sth similar. @blazed The problem is not the situation per se. The problem is that sometimes I have this brain fog just like @iTommy described in different topic (see above)

@iTommy @iTommy I have exactly the same problem. What I am trying to do is to focus intensively on the conversation so I can get into the flow of it. Also what I will try next time is just shift awareness back to thinking what should I do/say next rather than noticing that I am present. But sometimes I am just 'stuck' observing myself. If you get some insights let me know !

@Amilaer--- @Quanty Thank you guys!

@Nahm I am describing this situations as stressful not because I am thinking of them as stressful, but because I have this physiological reactions e.g stomach tightness that is very subtle. I am not thinking about them as stressful, I am just noticing that they are causing this kind of reactions. I know this is silly, I know that I should not have this kind of reactions but I still do. There are not as strong as they were years ago but I am not on that level to get rid off them as I want. I don't think that stress is the problem. I think that the problem is that I have this habit of changing my awareness and observing myself when I talk with someone and I am trying to hard to make sense. Try this: Can u talk sense and at the same time observe yourself talking?

Hey guys, I need some advice. I am currently getting my degree in business and I will graduate in 2018. I am thinking about getting second degree in Philosophy but that would mean that I would have to spend another 3 years in college.(in my country bachelor takes 3 years). I'm in a little bit of a predicament because it would mean that I would have to work (either get a job or starting my own business) + studying at the same time. So my question to you guys is, do you think that studying philosophy at university is worth it? I am really interested in the subject but I also want to learn how to write and 'think properly' and I know that is the case when you study philosophy. I know that Leo is not a fan of technical jargon and it's not really a true philosophy but I think there is some value in taking some classes on logic, writing essays + spending time on contemplation etc. I am really stuck, I have 6 months to decide. I really hate my college right now because its useless and I didn't enojoyed it at all and I am afraid that it will be the case when I decide to get 2nd degree (but in different school). I have few friends who study philosophy and they say its really great. But also I don't want to spend another 3 years in college but I would really want to get a degree. You can say a am a little bit romantic about having degree in philosophy and its true, but this is how I feel. PS. I am 21 now + college in my country is almost free, so it is not about the money, but its about time that I will spend at university

Thank you @Leo Gura! That's what I thought. + for me another 3 years in college would be dreadful

Tag system is 1000x better, because if you have 3000 notes like me, searching is just as easy as if you have 30 notes

Ok, I will give you my 2 cents. So I have been using Evernote over 2 years and I am not planning transition to OneNote because of one thing. TAG SYSTEM. Below you can see my screen for only my tags in Self Actualization (SA). So whenever I find sth interesting e.g. some insight on discipline I will probably copy it and make a new note + add tag ".SA - discipline". And now whenever I want to look at my notes about discipline I will only look for tag ".SA - discipline". Now as you can see on the screen I also showed you some of the tags ^WHO. Whenever I want to look for sth about discipline, lets say from Leo Gura, I will search by tag ".SA - discipline" + ^Leo Gura" and Evernote will show me every note that have tag ^Leo Gura and .SA - discipline. If one note is some part about discipline and some part about taking responsibility - you can add 2 tags to one note. Or 5 or 10. I also showed you my collection of quotes that I have been collecting for over 6 months now. I can sort them by Autor(^WHO) (e.g. tag: ^Alan Watts) or category e.g. Love (tag. #love). Or both. Whenever I will combine this tags Evenote will show me every quote about love from Alan Watts. You can use 5 tags at the same time or just one. In OneNote you can't do that. As you maybe saw in Leo's video, all Leo can do (correct me if I am wrong) is to have one note with all his quotes(of course he can create more but it will not be efficient), because if he want to have note only about Allan Watts quotes he has to make a new note. If he want to have quotes about love only he has to make a new note. If he want to have note with Alan Watts quotes about Love - he has to make a new note. You see where I am going with this. These are just 2 examples. I think I have about 300 tags. My tag system is not perfect. Matter of fact after Leo's video I plan to do some cleaning. To much tags is not good either. And thats just the tag system. You can also have 265 notebooks. I only use 4. Thats why imo Everynote > OneNote. Hope it helps.

Amazing insight. Taken from Low Quality vs High Quality Consciousness. I would love to hear more about it.