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Leo Ariel's avatar

Hey Tommy! I enjoy catching up with your Saturdays. Lotta things to ponder here.

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Leo Ariel's avatar

First of all, congrats on graduating! 🥳

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Leo Ariel's avatar

Are you gonna release your Past Authoring in your blog? 50,000 words is a lot 😳

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Leo Ariel's avatar

For me I prioritize happiness because I believe it will lead to everything else, relationships, a fulfilling career.

I believe more people should “work for free” or “take one step backwards to go two steps forward”.

I gave up many tens of thousands of dollars to travel the world. Am I rich? No, I’m broke as a mfer. But it’s been worth every penny.

You have one life. Why not “do what you like”? I understand not everyone has the “privilege” of doing so, but a lot of people do, yet are too scared.

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Tommy Dixon's avatar

Hey Leo! Thank you for taking the time to leave such thoughtful comments as well as the kind words.

No, I don't think I'll release the Past Authoring. I viewed it more as a therapy exercise and a lot is too personal to share.

I love the idea of prioritizing happiness. A realization I've come to recently is that, at the end of the day, if you're not happy, what's the point? What's the point of money or followers or anything else if you're not enjoying life?

I am going to die one day, so I should not be spending hours and days and weeks and years doing things I don’t love to do.

I'm very happy to hear you've enjoyed your travels. It's hard to go on your own path and it's inspiring to see you doing it!

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Jack Dixon's avatar

Everything goes to zero in the end.

Maybe we need to spend less time worrying what we’re doing and more time just living. That is, doing what feels right.

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Tommy Dixon's avatar

I agree completely. I've been thinking a lot about how over-intellectualizing life can take away from simply enjoying the experience. In the end, everything runs back to being present.

"The paths of glory lead but to the grave."

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