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> Real strength comes from knowing that there is absolutely nothing that can happen to you that will stop you from continuing forward. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths
I completely agree that a marathon mindset is more powerful than a sprint mindset. In your 20s you have so much energy but you don't understand the world well yet or yourself. Over the next two decades you will slowly lose your energy but what will replace it will be a much better understanding of the world and your self. Your time will become much more limited, but your understanding of how best to spend it will get…
I probably had more energy in my 40s than I did in my 20s. And in my 50s, I had more time too (kids were grown and gone). In my 60s, yeah, energy down significantly, and time moves so fast .
I'm not in my 60s yet, but I've struggled keeping a routine all of my life and I've discovered that I feel like my days are slipping away when I do well at it for a stretch.
Are you a regimented person?
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I probably had more energy in my 40s than I did in my 20s. And in my 50s, I had more time too (kids were grown and gone). In my 60s, yeah, energy down significantly, and time moves so fast .
> and time moves so fast I'm not in my 60s yet, but I've struggled keeping a routine all of my life and I've discovered that I feel like my days are slipping away when I do well at it for a stretch. Are you a regimented person?
The problem is that once you tie your self-image to your end goals, no matter the magnitude, how can your mental state _not_ suffer if you're not achieving them? If I want to be a millionaire by 30, and I am still working a low-paying job at 29, I either concede that my goal is unattainable, or I suffer.
Fundamentally, I think internal peace and ambition are at odds. The worlds is either good enough as it is (then why kill yourself over achieving your goals?), or it isn't = mental suffering. This is why I think extreme ambition can only come from/with unhappiness, which sucks for the individual, but seems to work well for the species.
I completely agree that a marathon mindset is more powerful than a sprint mindset. In your 20s you have so much energy but you don't understand the world well yet or yourself. Over the next two decades you will slowly lose your energy but what will replace it will be a much better understanding of the world and your self. Your time will become much more limited, but your understanding of how best to spend it will get…
I probably had more energy in my 40s than I did in my 20s. And in my 50s, I had more time too (kids were grown and gone). In my 60s, yeah, energy down significantly, and time moves so fast .
> Ambition is about the magnitude of your end goals, not about your mental state on the way there. The problem is that once you tie your self-image to your end goals, no matter the magnitude, how can your mental state _not_ suffer if you're not achieving them? If I want to be a millionaire by 30, and I am still working a low-paying job at 29, I either concede that my goal is unattainable, or I suffer. Fundamentally,…
You're at peace because you're doing the best you can to fix or improve things. Part of that peace comes from focussing on the journey and not the outcome.