Every single thing around you could be improved
(Or, if it’s already perfect — it can still be changed, be made different)
Every single thing around you can be improved
It requires intent,
Then realisation of that intent,
There is a degree of exertion
There is a movement of resources
There is a change which occurs, first inside, then outside,
Improvement is not for free
It may be expensive or inexpensive, but it’s not for free
At very least it requires intent, and TRUE intent is actually extremely rare (therefore expensive)
Every single thing around you can be improved
The first thought you have in the morning — can be improved
The first thing you see out of the bed — can be improved
The first thing you do out of bed — can be improved
What you’ll do for the rest of the day — can be improved
How you do it — can be improved
Tools with which you do it — can be improved
Where you do it — can be improved
Every single person you meet today, how you treated them — can be improved
Every single person you meet today — can be improved
Every single thought and emotion throughout the rest of that day — can be improved
When you look yourself in the mirror after the shower — whatever it is that you see — you can improve it, if you want to
Blablabla
It’s actually, or perhaps obviously, even more palpable with real, small, tangible things
Perhaps all your GRAND PLANS and GRAND CHANGES are all a fucking joke, a confabulation
Perhaps what’s real is what is actually happening today
And perhaps start with something as real and tangible and physical as possible
Put something tastier and healthier into your mouth — and PHYSICALLY smile
Put on some nicer cloths and pretend that you represent more than you think you do. Maybe you will feel the extra inclination to bring out your A-game today
Whatever it is that you’re doing — try finding a bit higher quality, or a bit more efficient way to do it
If there’s something that’s not working in your life — SOMETHING VERY REAL AND PHYSICAL — like your computer freezing or your doors creaking or your guitar cable slipping — go ahead and FUCKING FIX IT NOW.
Improvement is very,
very very REAL
Every single thing around you can be improved
We taught ourselves to be blind to it
We taught ourselves that improvement is something VERY DRAMATIC
That our entire lives should ONE DAY CHANGE IN AN INSTANT
This is of course nonsense
Change is continues. It’s what you do every day
Every single thing around you can be improved
But we learned to DISTRACT ourselves from REAL improvement
See, improvement is not free. It requires intent, at very least
Do you know what’s free? PRETENCE.
PRETENDING that you’re improving — that’s free
You will distract yourself, bringing false improvement into your life, seeking improvement everywhere but where it actually is
You will distract yourself with nonsense news and nonsense knowledge and nonsense toys and nonsense accomplishment
And of course — you’ll spray perfume and lipstick over a fucking piece of shit
You’ll be a piece of shit making cute faces in a fake private jet with a bottle of cheap whisky
And you’re not even conscious of it
After lifetime of cultivating symbols and appearances over the real thing — you no longer even believe that the real thing even exists
And this is why you now don’t even notice the fucking stink in your room
You become blind to real improvement
You’re always waiting for the improvement to come from the outside
You think working on whatever it is that you’re working — will somehow magically carry over and improve everything else in your life
It’s EXACTLY the opposite
ONLY IN SOLVING REAL PROBLEMS do you EVER IMPROVE ANYTHING
Because only that is ALWAYS TRULY REAL
It really doesn’t matter how much you improve your chess moves or business moves — if your house fucking stinks
And OF COURSE pouring perfume over that house makes it even worse
Which is the second thing we learned to do. Even worse than playing stupid games — we play the APPEARANCES-game — achieving ABSOLUTELY FUCK ALL
FUCK all that
Get rid of ALL appearances
Get rid of ALL distractions
Get rid of all excuses
Get rid of all that is NOT necessary
Get rid of FALSE improvement
Get rid of all that fucking nonsense
And go fix the dripping water