Meditation as a way to stop living on autopilot

Eyooo friend!

So quick life update:

Arrived in Switzerland this week! Visiting my friend, Piet. Lots of philosophical discussions already :)

It’s good to have friends who challenge your thinking.

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Couple of thoughts

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Learn to get in the habit to ask: will this decision get me closer to my goals/intentions?

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Meditation to stop living on autopilot

As you know, I’m a big fan of meditating.

When you practice, you learn to observe your thoughts instead of automatically following them. This interrupts your habit energy. The patterns that normally run your day without you noticing.

During the day, this shows up in a powerful way.

Your thinking stops running fully on autopilot.
You become more aware of what you’re doing and what you’re thinking.

That’s how you can start taking more aligned decisions.

You also begin to see something important.

You are not your thoughts or your feelings.
You are the awareness in which they arise.

This can completely change how you deal with “negative situations”

You’re not stressed. Stress is something that appears. (Often because you’re resisting the current situation and holding on to a specific idea of how things should be.)

Once you see that, there’s space.

Every situation feels lighter because you’re no longer fighting it internally. You catch negative spirals much quicker and you can gently choose where you want your attention to go instead.

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Most of us know it’s a trap to think we’ll only be fulfilled or happy once we reach our goals.

And even when we know this, it still sneaks up on us.
In different forms. At different stages. Over and over again.

So I came up with a term for the alternative: non-attached ambition.

It means pursuing your goals fully, but without needing them to complete you.

You’re already fulfilled now.
The work doesn’t come from lack. It comes from play. From curiosity. From love for what you’re building.

There’s nothing you need to achieve to finally be “enough.”

When you move from that place, everything changes.

The pressure drops.
The anxiety softens.
The process becomes enjoyable.

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Some bits of inspo

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