6-2a Addiction lessens one’s ability to experience joy in life.

Related:

• 5-1b4 Be prepared to deal with short-term nonsenses, but know what you’re focused on in the long-run and stay optimistic

• 5-2b2 You can’t flow to the most interesting if you react to everything that comes at you by default

• 3-1d6c Amara’s law modified - we underestimate the importance of consistency in the short-run, but overestimate in the long-run

• 5-1 When you are long truth you are long volatility and time

• 5-2b4b You have to keep finding surprises

• 2-1a7b Work in a field you have both a natural aptitude for and deep interest in. It should become increasingly interesting as you learn more about it.

• 3-1c1d0 We are overconsuming novelty (and “serendipity”) and under-consuming purpose. The first thing to look at each day should be your purpose and metrics to improve upon, not some random stories.

• RUL3 - Run upstairs. Choose the difficult terrain like guerillas.

• RUL3 - Make a conscious effort to avoid addictions. Ask “is this how I want to be spending my time”

• 5-2b0 You are what you do repeatedly

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