Ldar09867
the gods envy us because we're mortal
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"I trained 4 years to run 9 seconds and people give up when they don't see results in 2 months." — Usain Bolt
If you are not consistent in everyday life, you will never achieve anything. Even the genetically gifted, such as Usain Bolt, still had to train for years to become the fastest man alive. It doesn't matter who you are—genetically gifted or not—without consistency, you will achieve nothing.
Think for a moment: what are tasks in your life that you've skipped because of pure laziness?
"I can't do my skincare tonight, I'm too tired."
"I'll skip the gym today and make up for it tomorrow."
Or even worse:
"I'm not cleaning my teeth tonight, I can't be bothered to get out of bed."
If what I've said applies to you, LOCK IN. These small things you overlook and fail to stay consistent with will grow inside your brain itself. If you can't stay consistent with the little things, how do you expect to achieve the big things?
You will watch others your age—or even younger—surpass you, and you'll blame it on, "Oh, he's just naturally intelligent." But did you see the THOUSANDS of hours he spent studying and revising? No. All you see is the end result of his hard work: him getting into Harvard. You don't know what's happening behind the scenes.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is a prime example of this (see below):
He has spent years working towards his dream, and for what? His body has taken years and years of beatings, and it's quite literally possible that years of his life have been taken away because of it. So why?
Because he found something worth suffering for.
Do you think it was easy for him? Of course not. He gets beaten up for a living. He does extremely intense training for hours every day. How many thousands of times do you think he's thought about giving up? About saying, "This isn't for me"?
But his consistency got him to where he is now.
"It's going to end anyway, there's no point in trying. Muh nihilism."
If you believe in this ideology, then ask yourself this: why do you keep getting up every morning? Why do you keep making plans for next week, next month, or next year?
Because whether you admit it or not, you DO have a reason to live. You DO want to experience joy, love, achievement, and happiness.
"The literal meaning of life is whatever you're doing that prevents you from killing yourself."-Albert Camus
Go find your reason. Find what you want to do in life.
If you want to free solo 500-foot mountains, then DO IT. Could you die? Yes. Do it anyway. Be selfish.
Your entire life, people tell you to be selfless and put others before yourself. Matthew 22:39 says, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
But how are you supposed to love your neighbour as yourself if you can't even love yourself?
If you want to move to Sri Lanka and become a monk, but your family is calling you insane and begging you to stay, then move to Sri Lanka and become that monk anyway if that's what you truly desire. No one else in this world understands you as much as YOU do.
Whatever you want to do, DO IT.
I'm not saying you need some crazy goal with a huge risk attached to it. If your dream is to get rich, have a wife, and raise three kids, then do that.
Wake up. Work. Eat. Get paid. Work again. Get promoted. Keep climbing. Stay consistent.
Nothing in this life comes easy. Having grit is LAW.
Finally, the most difficult part is finding your reason. Your reason to wake up. Your reason to keep going.
You may already know what it is but be too afraid to act on it. But for many people, they genuinely don't know what they want.
So go try new things. Travel to different countries. Join a gym. Learn boxing, grappling, fencing, skydiving, paragliding—whatever interests you.
Find what you enjoy. Find what makes you feel alive. Find your reason and never give up on it.
Stop making excuses and be consistent. Talent and genetics help, but they mean nothing without years of effort and discipline. The small habits you ignore every day—skipping the gym, neglecting self-care, putting things off—shape who you become and determine whether you'll achieve your bigger goals.
Don't compare your beginning to someone else's success. You see the results, not the thousands of hours of work behind them. Find something that gives your life meaning, pursue it relentlessly, and don't let fear, laziness, or other people's opinions stop you. Nothing worthwhile comes easy.
Find your reason, stay disciplined, and BE CONSISTENT.
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