Nobody. Labelless.
That’s when I see myself in the mirror.
I view this life like a video game — we have our own level and can be increased gradually through self-development.
To pursue and reach new heights, there is more than one aspect that should be taken into account.
Health, wealth, and relationship.
That is why you can only reach a certain level in one domain after you acquire the things necessary at the level you are at.
The higher level of yours, the more experience that level requires.
Needless to say . . .
The experience you have to reach from levels 1 to 2 is different from 99 to 100.
Over the past few years, my life has been going ups and downs.
The problems I face from the spectrum of cognitive, financial, health, and physical come into play.
I have goals to become a multidimensionally jacked person.
I don’t want to be overweight which can cause problems of slow movement or underweight that prevents doing things that require strength.
I don’t want to end up facing financial problems that hinder my enjoyment of life.
I don’t want to lack critical thinking and be limited to a specific domain (I aspire to be a writer, designer, engineer, entrepreneur, socializer, and data scientist).
💡 Zoom out. Zoom in. Zoom out, then zoom in again.
All of those desires come from personal experience and pattern recognition I’ve been doing over the past few years . . .
that leads to a multidimensionally jacked person — not a personal physical trainer, not a financial planner, or not just a designer.
People would tell me to pursue this, this, and this.
Here and there.
It is kinda naive as just a final-year student to say not want what most people do in their work life — which is becoming a corporate dude or full-of-spirit startup entrepreneur.
I don’t blame them.
That is good actually even less you already have it from the family or relatives.
It brings to the idea of leveraging what you already have and bringing it to the next level.
Mine is more about leveraging and productizing my mind in the form of digital offers and services (though I have aspirations to have a gym-cafe business in the future 🙂 ).
As attached to my personal website, I am interested in various things.
Data science, supply chain, writing, human psychology, and social media.
At the level of principles . . .
I see similar patterns across those domains — and it becomes easier for me to connect important things from one to another.
That’s why also becoming a specialised generalist — not niching down only into a specific field — is fulfilling.
Self-development comes into play when it talks about reaching new heights in life.
Education and experimentation
Peace and progress
Management and technical
It is not about choosing one.
It is not about ignoring the other.
It is both.
It requires a holistic approach that links one dot to another.
There are 3 activities you need on a day-to-day basis — Fill, Use, and Empty.
Fill your mind by reading books, taking courses, and observing.
Use your mind to do high-focus tasks, projects, and video editing.
Empty your mind by journaling, karaoke, and meditation.
I got the idea from Dan Koe (he's a guy who offers advice on how to navigate life by staying true to yourself while also earning money along the way).
The principle makes my day more fulfilling as I do activities that fall under those 3 categories, at least each has one in a day.
I create a daily routine and use it as a requirement to reap results and achieve my goals.
Because I believe that achieving something that comes from consistency and routines will be more sustainable.
You are your habit.
Your habit is what you have in mind.
What you have in mind comes from the actions you took and the variables you exposed internally and externally.
All begins from your mind.
Peace,
Jalal
