Beautiful Struggle & Sanity

The person who carefully designs their daily routine goes further than the person that negotiates with themselves every day ~ Shane Parrish

Before I begin: I didn’t publish last Thursday (Jan 20, 2021) because of the exam. I know it’s a good excuse but it was pre-meditated, deliberate and a necessary break. Let’s compensate it today.

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Wise words are fundamentally simple.

Simple to chew.

Simple to digest.

Most important of all, Simple to ‘last’.

For the past few weeks, I myself was going through a soul-searching journey as I found myself on the edges of soul-crushing reality. It was indeed exhausting, intrinsically painful, and too much to bear.

Well, one tweet saved my sinking titanic.

It was from one of my mentor Ryan Holiday. He tweeted,

“Be quiet, work hard, and stay healthy. It’s not ambition or skill that is going to set you apart but sanity.”

It was at that moment I realized that my balance (balance of life in general) was messed up because I was actually lacking an important ingredient in the recipe of my self-made ‘Beautiful Struggle’ curry.

And that’s — peace of mind!

Two things.

One.

Beautiful Struggle!

‘Beautiful Struggle’ because you suffer for something beautiful for a period of time until you get what you want.

‘Beautiful Struggle’ because you struggle at an expense of your time otherwise spent on meager fun, entertainment and ephemeral-proxy-happiness.

And second.

Peace of mind.

‘Peace of mind’ — for it fuels and drives the rest of you — sustainably.

So, I promised I’d rather look inward than outward.

I’d rather focus on the calm than on the chaos that surrounds.

I’d rather chew on fragments of bigger problem than think about all the big problems that big problem will create.

I’d rather be sane and working than running wild and aimlessly.

Namaste.

p.s. A Big, Fat, Delicious Bonus here!