Microdose on suffering *repeated*

Indeed, life will continue to begin demanding more. Whatever that is difficult now will become exponentially more difficult. We must:

- Set strong foundations

- Further mastery (understanding of yourself, your communication skills, a craft that will make a living for you, a hobby: this will/can all align)

- Take risks

Within complexity, we must have simplicity. That is beautiful chiasmus of life. We cannot underestimate the power of accumulation over time. What are you practicing on a day to day? What are you consciously and subconsciously practicing? We may consciously practice going to the gym. But beneath (insert over-used 'beneath the iceberg' analogy here) the conscious, there is the subconscious. Social constructs and conditioning that has accumulated over time. How we breathe, how we walk, how our emotions are regulated, our thoughts... These patterns!

Practice day by day. Don't rush. Excitement is often naivety and being fueled by the exciting feeling of motivation alone is short-sighted. Keep your emotions in check. It's how we handle the day to day simplicity. Do we appreciate the simple?

Inversely, it's also how we handle the complex and of course, everything in between. Be grateful for your wins. Learn from your mistakes. You cannot learn from your mistakes if your mind is not there to learn from them. Do not let successes get to your head, do not let failure get to your heart. It's interesting that when we picture our wins, it gets to our head and that subsequently gives a sense of serenity to our body and sense of being. It's also interesting that during fails, we feel it in our body first and bypasses our brain's logic and reasoning. Perhaps this is still the process of evolution and a process of unlearning to adapt to society's demands of survival of the fittest.

Start simple. Catch yourself and notice when rage comes when someone cuts you off while driving. Does it matter? You missed the elevator and you're late, catch yourself. Does it matter?

And in those big moments: a loved one is very ill or you have failed something big. Catch yourself. It's incredibly difficult to when you look at the event alone. It's the accumulation of your reactions and social construct over time, that will lead to how you will respond to such big situations. Microdosing on suffering. There is no magic. Untying a huge bundle of knots requires a systematic and disciplined approach.

Finally, let people do what they do. Noone really cares enough about what you did wrong or even right. Focus on yourself. Set your own affairs in order before meddling with others. Until they truly see a need to make positive changes, they won't act. And even then!