Matter Over Mind

As per Dr. Scott Eliers' advice to go towards "creation" on the creation-consumption scale, I'm restarting this blog.

Success stories, real life ones, often come from a place that feel unachievable. Years and decades of hardship are condensed into a few sentences. This is a needed and deliberate feature of storytelling. But it still bothers me, someone who is going through what has become the past to others. This is also just a fault of needing to see to believe.

So why not provide that for myself?

I don't want to give out the details of my life right now. All I'll say is that I'm not doing well right now. If this real time view of a zero becoming a hero works out, I'll say exactly when and where and who I was. It's only fair to give all the context.

This will be a weekly thing. I'll say what I've been doing, working on, thinking about, etc. plus some sharing of inspirational/informative content. Then maybe how I'm doing on a scale from 1-10 so we can make a really great and succinct summary of my life a decade later.

Starting with some notes from the above video: A Way Out Of The Downward Spiral Of Worthlessness, Hopelessness, And Depression.

• Mentioned earlier, leaning towards creation on the creation-consumption scale. It helps to get all the stuff out of your head whenever you can, so it doesn't get stuck in there. Recently, I've been working on my executive dysfunction. Have an inkling of something you want/need to do? Do it right now or write it down.
• Creation doesn't mean typical creative activities, like writing and drawing. The examples in the video including exercise and cooking a meal. It's whatever lets you take up space in a world where you have let yourself take up so little. It's also important to know that the impact of the creation doesn't matter, it's what it does for you. 
• Owning your depression. It's harsher than how he worded it, but still. The typical consoling to someone with depression is that "things will get better soon," leaving the depressed person to continue to wait for a miracle. It may be hard to do any little thing to improve and it will be daunting how much more there is to do, but things will change. If you're like me, document your actions and feelings so you have proof.

I'm at about at 5, by the way.

See you next week.