 Talking about the two pressure the mind right now in our current landscape politically things are heating up There's a lot of things yes There's a lot of cognitive dissonance. There's a lot of Say people not really using rational or logic on both sides. This applies to everybody Yeah There's ass I always always mention the saying it's The minute I read it. It's stuck to me like glue. It's O and E Wilson the biologist We have paleolithic emotions mid-evil institutions and god-like technologies We're still fucking apes and people really forget that we put ourselves on as like grandiose pedestal. I'm like Dude, you're no different than your ancestor like half a million years ago. Yeah, that's very very similar very 99.85 or something correct and so what I'm curious about, you know, you just mentioned toothbrush for your mind one way of helping Your psychological Hormiostatic levels is gratitude. Mm-hmm. Whether it's gratitude as just saying thank you verbally or using a journal to write down about being You know having gratitude equals humility being humble etc. Are there anything are there certain things people can do today to Counteract what the fuck's happening in the world? Like I think people are really don't people underestimate The psychological pressures the social media brings on to them Absolutely Absolutely no question. There's a lot man. So I'm a fan of the the quote I think it's a Gandhi quote which is If you want to change the world start with yourself. Yeah, there's a roomy quote, too Yesterday I was clever. I want to change the world today and why is one change myself? Yeah, so so that I start with that. Mm-hmm. That is that is the basis of of my thinking and then I start to go can I Improve the quality of my ability to Feel a deep piece Right, so there is a state that we have when not just be or There is contentment, but there is a deep state of thoughtlessness a deep state of Inward repose they can only be found for me in deep meditation. You might be able to find it in a Flow tank you might you might have a really great spar session if you're you know an athlete or a BJJ Competitor, whatever your way of finding that flow is I'm a huge fan of doing that Right, so so I know one of the ways you find flow is by lifting Right, so by competing in martial arts by lifting like these are things that are really That really like running walking like these are the ways you find flow. Mm-hmm And so I think finding flow is beautiful and amazing and very valuable for anyone listening to engage in so they can Flow is is an experience of losing the concept of time Feeling like you are fully engaged with the activity on which was made by popular by me. Hi McChancy Hi, I called chick sent me. Hi chick sent me. I sent me. Hi is how I think about it. Yeah Yeah, it's got a great book called flow also made popular in the book Stealing fire stealing fire by Steven Kotler and Jimmy wheel All right great books overall and great ideas of Finding that thing that allows you to explore and feel like you're fully expressed. That's important Another one is is obviously practice of gratitude journaling but journaling by itself improves your ability to Interface with your emotions and your thoughts right, so we have We have two brains You have system one and system two as as you as You would have it and thinking fast and slow. The idea is you have a thinking brain you a feeling brain The thinking brain the feeling brain sometimes operate independent of each other, but they're both intelligence a way of Sifting through information and the thinking brain acts independent of the feeling brain you are Acting without all of the information that you need for example, if you can't accurately Predict how you will feel when you Go see your friends of dinner or you buy a car or you Buy a drink you can't accurately predict the state you will feel and you do that You can't make accurate decisions based on what you want so journaling allows you your feeling and you're thinking to Almost talk to each other. How am I feeling right now? How am I really feeling? This is some of like Jonathan hates like elephant in the writer. Exactly. Yeah, yeah You connect with your subconscious you connect with the part of you that is kind of under the surface So you can learn to work with that part of you to be about how does one approach journaling? I Think it good. Good. First of all, because you and I talked about yeah Yeah, so I've been journaling for a long time and prolific turn. Yes, and I have a journal open in front of me right now I typically have that because to me journaling is a way to interface with life is a way to amplify the input that I'm getting understand what is happening and Digest the wisdom Digesting wisdom is a skill set where you've talked about this as well, right? If I'm able to see an insight and pull an insight to be able to Convert that into how my life changes on Tuesday at 4 p.m. I Have to process that insight properly and effectively to the point where I Am able to modify my behavior based on the insight that I've received And that's that's a tall order for someone who doesn't understand how to sift through an insight and break it into pieces And start to say okay, then this means then I need to do this. This means like this aspect of my behavior changes. So How do you do that? The first thing is you start to practice putting your pen to paper when you're feeling a bit funky right if you're having Trouble with a decision if you are looking for you're looking to get more clarity on something you put pen to paper and the first question I always like to start with is how am I feeling right now? feeling is a very good accurate indicator of your general state and Also your desired state. So if you're feeling confused and you want to feel clear Okay, you you have a sense of where you want to go. You have a sense of where you are and strategy essentially is The art of getting what you want with what you got And so once you have the two pieces what you want very clear and where you're at Then you can start to map how to get there. So how am I feeling and really? Asking yourself, why am I feeling that way and then I like to ask the question both in a journal and outside the people what's going on or if I feel what they need to be aggressive a lot of the fuck is going on because Asking that question allows you to get the information you need to Make decisions that matter a lot of the time there is There is I See people moving in the world with a lot of automaticity Running programs and beliefs and ideas and Ways of being that are not their own They've been acquired by society by peers through friends their parents whatever they are not their own and Typically when there has not been a lot of critical thinking Where there has hasn't been a lot of thinking about wait is this person? Know what they're talking about right yesterday. I saw For the first time I didn't see this before on a pizza pizza sign. It says Canada's number one pizza What? Who determines that yeah, and I like what gives him the authority to say that TTC said they're the best So you see that I'm like who would what are you guys that judges yourself? You guys are fucking worst Who's doing this right? But here's the thing the reason they're able to put it out there Is there not enough people like you and I asking that question and making fun saying you think most people aren't skeptical? No, no, I know most people are skeptical because of the authority bias Right we have numbers on the authority by some majority of humans will not question Something set authority tit-tively Yeah, we'll not question that the act of journaling allows your critical mind to become stronger to ask those questions