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Chapter 1: Why was I skeptical about consistency?
I used to be convinced that the power of consistency was utter BS. I used to think that people would just say that as a, oh, well, how did I get successful? Oh, consistency. Even though they got lucky or they had some kind of nepo baby situation where they were getting millions of dollars. But I remember that my opinion on this changed.
When honestly, my friend checked me about my constant complaining about my weight. I was, you know, making really self-deprecating jokes about how I was fat. I was ugly. I'm never going to find love. The whole nine yards. And I really believed it. Because I was just like, I was just not happy with the fact that I was not treating my body in a very good and sustainable way.
I was binge eating a lot. I was, you know, man, I would buy like a family, family size Chex Mix and down it, you know, while watching YouTube. And do I have any complaints about that time? No, that was like awesome, bro. Coming back to your dorm room and Eating a whole family bag of Chex Mix is like top five human experiences of all time. I'll say it. I'll sit here and say it.
You don't want to admit it, I'll admit it. It's goaded. And in the same way that it's goaded, it is so detrimental to your mental and to who you are as a person. Because... Sucks it sucks when you realize that you can't have you know boundaries You can't set real boundaries for yourself, and that's how I knew it was a problem So one day my friend was like listen.
I don't like the fact that you keep making these jokes about yourself It's really making me concerned that you know you feel bad about your weight, and I was like well I do I I don't care, but I do. And he's like, yeah, but I think that this is ridiculous that you just keep making fun of it and you don't do anything about it. It's one thing.
You can do whatever you want, but if you genuinely want to change and you have these feelings about your body, you should do something about it. And that really caught me off guard. I was like, dang. No, no, that's not true. You know, it's just I can't really change because and I started to list a whole bunch of excuses. I was like, I don't know, my body is different.
And, you know, oh, well, I'm eating really good. It's only a matter of time. And he's like, yeah, you are eating really good when you get invited to go out somewhere and you're ordering an appetizer, an on course and a dessert. Of course, you're eating very well, but you're not eating good. And I tried to argue with him. I was just like, what are you talking about, bro? Like, no, you're a hater.
Like, why are you hating on me? And I remember he was like, listen, I don't care what you do, but I think that if you really want it, you would do it in a way that was sustainable and good. And you would do it in a way that built momentum. What are you talking about? One, you don't know me. Two, momentum for what?
And he explained to me, he's like, dude, I try to eat the same kind of thing every single day just so I have some kind of predictability. I try to build my diet in a way that gets me the most protein and I don't have to think as much as when I don't have a plan. And it was observing him the next couple of days when he went through his routine that made me realize, wait a minute. Momentum is power.
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Chapter 2: How did a friend's advice change my perspective on weight?
We don't even work with the confines of what we have at our disposal. And instead we set these metrics or we set these things that are just like not really realistic to who we are as people or what we want to do. And I sound like a broken record saying that. I've been saying that for a lot of videos. But I think the main thing I just want you to understand is that momentum is really your friend.
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You know what I'm talking about? Or is it the iPhone with like the, it looked like candy. You know what I'm talking about? The iPhone 6C or 5C? Real ones will know what I'm talking about. But like the battery would die super, super, super fast. So you had to get like a morphine case. I don't know. My mom had one and I just like have a memory of like, what is, what are those? What is that bro?
But I guess they were kind of cool. And I guess that we have the, the cases now that are just like more sleek and have a battery attached to them and charge wirelessly. Anyways, momentum is really the battery that's going to charge.
Your forward pursuit it is going to be the thing that keeps you moving forward and it's always good to get external momentum It's good to be recognized by your peers and by people that you respect and you love But you cannot rely on that being the single thing that keeps you going if like The idea of somebody liking what you're doing is solo the thing that keeps you going like you will stop eventually because You know the praise will will one day drop off and then you'll be like well I fell off
When in reality, you didn't. You didn't fall off. It just wasn't as good as something else. That's fine. But maybe that thing will help somebody else. Who knows? Momentum has become such a key thing in my life and I've seen it work for me and against me. I see the momentum when I mess up my sleep schedule, I mess up my entire schedule in general of my life. It seeps into everything.
Everything is derailed by it and it builds momentum and I have to catch it and I have to cognizantly be like, no, I will not be staying up today. I will be going to sleep at a reasonable time and it takes everything in me to do that.
But in a similar vein, there's something to be said about consistently being like, I have a goal, I have something I'm going after, I'm going to show up every single day and make something for the people that appreciate what I make, that it helps, and also for me because it's a form of expression for me that I feel like is very healthy.
So momentum is power, and it really can be used for you or against you. In a similar vein of if you have really negative thoughts, people don't understand that those thoughts will begin to continue to spiral and spiral and build. And if you don't catch it, it can really... get you down, down, down in the dumps. Now, it's one thing to have a feeling that you're like, I don't feel good. I feel bad.
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