ERADICATING YOUR FORMER SELF TO FOCUS ON YOUR CREATIVE CRAFT
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You don’t have to submit to the allure of the depressed artist crowd and hate your own craft to ‘fit in.’
You can enjoy a more worthwhile and productive creative existence.
Here’s how I woke up:
However, it is possible to escape the depressed writer asshole mentality leaving you with more time to write and take back control of your life from the vortex of online anxiety.
Here are some tips:
At its peak, my anxiety and depression were crippling, not only rendering my writing output non-existent, but also decimating my personal life.
First and foremost, you need to get more sunlight. A lack of sunlight is central to why people become depressed online. Your body needs sunlight to stabilise your mood and balance your endocrine system.
If you do not get enough sunlight, your emotional well-being will be non-existent.
Make it your mission to expose yourself to the waves of the solar projection, morning and afternoon.
Don’t concern yourself with whether your work will be accepted by others.
Just produce content consistently without overthinking it. Unfollow anyone who consistently spreads negative thoughts.
In addition to sunlight, you can also explore various nootropics & supplements to help mitigate the effects of negative emotions.
Magnesium, rhodiola rosea (pictured), l-theanine and ashwagandha have had a great effect on quietening my anxious thoughts.
Use this chart from @grimhood to avoid inferior quality mag forms that are not correctly absorbed by the body.
Another way you can become impervious to anxiety breakdowns is by improving your breathing.
Not a whole lot of people realise this, but the way we breathe in the 21st century is profoundly unhealthy.
Basically, the less oxygen circulating due to poor breathing technique, the less healthy you are. To unfuck this, I recommend delving into breathwork.
There are plenty of decent books out there on the methods, but I recommend you follow @BreatheLesss for a start.
Fear of failure, fear of acceptance, fear of not fitting it. Accept that none of this matters.
Your work is a catalyst to improve your life, an outlet to express emotion – it doesn’t matter if it is accepted by others or not.
If you continue to do the work and put positive energy and passion into it, your fear will dissipate.
Once your fear dissipates, strange things happen.
Suddenly, you break through the wall with sheer mental power.
As such, as soon as you hit the smallest hurdle or mental block, you give in & cave to the pressure.
No more ‘FML’ or ‘I’m gonna cut myself tonight’ – harness the positive and you will break through the wall of doubt.
You owe it to yourself to instill positive beliefs in your brain. Get it here: https://t.co/xWRLoVOS5b
However, to truly expand on these points, during my time away from Twitter I have been compiling an invaluable guide...
A guide that will help you create more quality content, calmly and productively.
Ultimately, you will learn what is required to feed the aura of your creative mind.
You can get it here, now: https://t.co/WGxkUhkoFY
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Writers used to write in the sunlight or the candlelight but then the internet came and annihilated this.
Sure, it’s way more convenient, but these blue light dopamine fixes leave us susceptible to stressors that decimate our internal compass.
Don’t write on a computer (or phone) after the sun sets -- the blue light of these devices disrupt your circadian rhythm leaving your hormones fried.
Get appropriate rest and use the waking hours more productively for your writing endeavours.
Turn your wi-fi router off when you sleep or when not in use. Limit use of your phone and make sure it is in airplane mode when on your body.
Follow @ck_eternity_ & @ngolotesla, both have further quality info on combatting EMF in the modern world.
Sleeping at appropriate hours and placing limits on blue light and EMF exposure will result in a radical improvement to your health and a heightened ability to focus on your craft.
Thread continued. So many online artists I have followed over the last 24 months post exclusively about the depressing delights of Taco Bell, KFC and Chipotle.
Constantly eating the cheapest, processed, rancid produce available and boasting about it.
But I stopped. You see, consuming mass amounts of vegetable oil fried foods, processed snacks and alcohol has left the online creative with doughy, inhuman bodies.
The first step is to banish all processed and take out foods from your grasp; only consume whole foods in your diet.
Here is a sample of what you can do inspired by Cooking with @SolBrah
Another facet of why you’re so mentally wrecked as a creative is that you’re constantly ‘in your head.’
You overthink things, you overcomplicate them, you go around in circles to the detriment of yourself. None of these thoughts help you.
First thing you need to do is start resistance training. Doesn’t have to be heavy, but just lift some fucking weights
Whether you’ve made a mess of your mesomorphic frame due to too many years at the terminal, or you’ve soyed yourself to the point of skinny fat, a basic program to begin lifting will assist you to no end
You need to enter the flow state.
It’s called induced transient hypo frontality.
By having to concentrate on the external, your internal becomes silent.
Shit that gets you outside of your body.
Surfing, dancing, fighting, rock climbing, hunting, hiking.
For me, as part of the unfucking process, I commenced surfing & jiu jitsu
Try it for yourself and you will feel refreshed and amazed, ready to tackle your next creative assignment.
More work out advice & other tips on how to boost your well-being & output here -- https://t.co/WGxkUhkoFY
All of the above sounds great, right? You're ready to become more disciplined & productive in your creative life now.
But what of the cost of supplements, organic food & martial arts classes?
Well, you need to learn that money is not your enemy.
But let’s get real here.
Anarcho-capitalist, Neo-Marxist, whatever.
Accept the world is governed by money
Imagine not having the doldrums of a 9-5 or overnight gas station gig to contend with when creating your magnum opus?
You see where I’m going.
You need to develop side-hustle activity.
If you don’t know where to start but can write, web design, code, photoshop etc. tap into the wisdom of people like @KATATHEGREAT & @Moneybaglives to leverage your skills
For instance, I found out about Bitcoin in 2016 when it was $660. Now? Well, you can Duckduckgo it for yourself.
Cryptocurrency is a great avenue and opportunity for creatives to invest in their own future.
No problems, just use whatever royalties you get, dump them into crypto & multiply them exponentially over the next five years.
This shit is not even mainstream yet, get in now if you haven’t already.
Stop being so introverted & unconfident. Never feel shame to sell the shit you’re good at.
So let's fucking ignite the fire -- it’s time to make the creative life glamorous again.
@DejaRu22
@FrazzleDazzzled
@thedulab
@EgoDriv
@WritingToRiches
Also, more content on optimising your health & wealth so you can concentrate on your artistic craft here: https://t.co/WGxkUhkoFY
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The name swastika comes from Sanskrit (Devanagari: स्वस्तिक, pronounced: swastik) &denotes “conducive to wellbeing or auspicious”.
The word Swastik has a definite etymological origin in Sanskrit. It is derived from the roots su – meaning “well or auspicious” & as meaning “being”.
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Swastik is de symbol through which everything auspicios occurs
Scholars believe word’s origin in Vedas,known as Swasti mantra;
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