Before I get into the bulk of things, as for this blog, I’m either going to have it in the style of a morning pages where I dump everything on my brain onto here to share with the whole world, or it’ll be something insightful that I want to share. My goal with this is to just share my experiences in my life, the trials and tribulations and what ended up happening. Think of this as a continuous guinea pig experiment that is being done on myself. I simply want to see if X thing works, and how it has changed my life for the better (or worse).
I’ll be honest, I’m not the type that likes to share a whole lot of stuff. I’ve slowly grown to have a cynical view on sharing value due to being burnt numerous times, but I think it would be dope to have a space where I can just spitball my own thoughts and resonate with someone else out there. I’d like to pass wise information down to others that are a few steps behind me in the journey of life and be able to learn, just like I did from those blog pages. The things I talk about is not going to be some Holy Grail and magically fix your life instantly. Now with this knowledge equipped, through experience life to its fullest, you will experience epiphanies and grow more as a player in this video game of life.
Now, back on the topic of the title, today I wanted to talk about metamorphosis. The definition of this is the physical transformation a creature goes through from an immature form into a adult form. I like how this word is explained. Why I bring this all up, is because throughout life, we go through many different changes. We go from a baby into a child, into a young adult, then into a full adult, before slowly aging and dying. While the body is going through many different changes, the mind does not. Your mind, or your soul is the exact same one from birth to death.
And that is where the issue lies. While the physical form of you is changing, more often than not, the spiritual form never does. It tends to be stuck in the immature form, patiently waiting for an evolution, which never comes. I’m currently on my third iteration of “Jeremy”. So I’m calling it “Jeremy 3.0”. Why I had to do this, is because I had to level up to conquer the next stage of life. Think of this like prestiging in Call of Duty. You evolve into the next tier, and by doing so you reset everything. The levels, the experience, and essentially you’re back to square one.
However, this time you have grown more, as you are equipped with the knowledge and experience from doing this in the past. The most important part when evolving though is to drop all relations to the past you, and drop all the negative aspects, and leave only the good. It is only by doing this that you are able to fully evolve and move onto maximizing the next level / stage in your life. You have to start identifying with this new version of yourself, and never do / act as the previous version of yourself ever again. Cause if you do, then that means you never evolved. And you are still stuck at the previous version. Just think of a butterfly. Once it breaks out of the cocoon, it flutters it’s wings and flies away, doing butterfly things. The butterfly does not have any thoughts of wanting to go back to being a caterpillar again, crawling on a tree branch to eat some leaves. This is the same concept that can be applied to you.
Your past does not define you now. What has happened in the past has happened, but you have the choice in how you interpret it.
So when you finally decide to embark on this, think about what you want to become. Pick a role model, and start to be like it. In this time period, it is as if you are in the cocoon, slowly crafting the evolved self, patiently waiting till the time is right to break out and become fully evolved. And once you break out, never go back and do the things that you previously did.
For me, V2 was a lazy bum. I just wanted to have fun and enjoy everything. I was not really happy, as I was chasing euphoria all the time, confusing it as happiness. Doing things like this ended up hurting me, which is why I realized I had to change. I always would opt for the fun thing, the thing that gave me instant gratification. There was no place for delay, I needed pleasure NOW. And that ended up not getting my anywhere. It got so bad, to the point that I was spending my whole day on my phone scrolling, gaming or doing some sort of dopamine chasing activity. My business was put to the way side, my income drastically dropped, and my life turned into shambles. I’ve hit the rock bottom, which is why I have to evolve again, and get back up to the peaks. What sucks about this is that by evolving, I can never go back. But this is a good thing. Cause it is much better for me to experience the pain and failure, and delay the gratification, to acquire the grander rewards. I know that I got it, (always do) and all I was missing is that mindset shift.
For me, I decided to emulate the true ballers, becauase if I emulate them, then in no time, Ill be them. So what do these people have in common?
- they all have a major mission in life that preceeds everything
- they eat healthy
- has some sort of addiction (trust)
- can fight and kill
- dedicated to getting things done, and pushing the lever further forward
- never chases anything and puts it on a pedestal
- And definitely doesnt do loser things (video games, social media, etc..)
I think of myself like Bruce Wayne in the Dark Knight Rises. Where he took some big Ls and just said F it all in life. But then the mission calls him back and he lock in again. Put utmost importance onto completing the mission and placing everything else in life second. The chick comes second, even their mom comes second (ok not for Batman). But overall, THE MISSION IS FIRST.
Well what is my mission? Unfortunately that is something that Im keeping close to my heart. Cause frankly, it doesnt really matter, becauase it is my mission not yours. Now if my quest involves you in it then ill let you know, but im gatekeeping this.
So to end this post. What is next? You gotta level up. Run this on marathon mode. Sustained intensity, slowly stacking Ws throughout the day, and in a few weeks, months you will look back and see how much you have changed as a person.