Imagine a life where external opinions, societal pressures, and harsh chase for success no longer define your happiness
Let's just genuinely don't care
The way to win life is to genuinely not care, but it has to be genuine.
—Naval Ravikant
Let’s begin with a story of life:
It was the time when God was creating the world.
On the first day, God created the dog and said, “Sit all day at your house’s door and bark at whoever comes in and walks away. For this, I’ll give you twenty years of life.”
The dog said, “That’s too long for barking all day and night. How about ten years, and I’ll give you back the other ten?”
God replied, “Fine then, I’ll take back the other ten years.”
On the second day, God created the monkey and said, “Entertain, do tricks, and make people laugh. For this, I’ll give you twenty of life.”
The monkey said, “This will be very long. How about doing tricks for ten years and giving back the other ten?”
God again replied, “Fine then, I’ll take back the other ten years.”
On the third day, God created the cow and said, “You must go into the field and eat grass, suffer in the sun, and give milk for sixty years of life.”
The cow said, “That’s tough! You want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and take back the other forty?”
God replied, “Fine then, I’ll take back the other forty years.”
On the third day, God created humans and said, “Eat, sleep, play, and enjoy your life. For this, I’ll give you twenty years of life.”
But the human replied, “Only twenty? Can you give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and again the ten the dog gave back, which becomes eighty?
God said, “Okay, you asked for it.”
So, that is why we eat, sleep, play, and enjoy for the first twenty years of our lives.
For the next forty years, we suffer in the sun to support ourselves and our families.
For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain our grandchildren.
And for the last ten years, we sit on a chair and bark at everyone.
Life has now been explained to you.
This is what life is: chilling for twenty years and then struggling for the rest because you are the one who asked for it from God.
You are foolish; you don’t ask for the life spans of the other creatures; instead, you ask for their remaining lives. How silly you are then.
Okay, now let’s not go out of topic and let me unleash the secret.
Here’s a life full of happiness without external opinions, societal pressures, and an unwilling chase for success:
Detachment: Genuinely don’t care
Genuine is the key material here, and it suggests that true freedom and happiness come from true detachment. This doesn’t mean being indifferent or apathetic, but rather not being overly attached to outcomes, opinions, or material possessions. When you genuinely don't care, you're not pretending or forcing yourself to be indifferent; it's a natural state of being where external factors don't define your inner peace.
Win by competing yourself every day
I already told you about this winning thing in one of my past posts. I’ll again tell you about it because I am so obsessed with the equation. The equation goes like this:
Happiness = Learning + Applying + SharingWhat is happiness? Happiness is the light that brightens the gaps between moments.
How can you brighten the gaps? By feeling good about yourself.
How can you feel good about yourself? By challenging yourself every day.
How can you challenge yourself?
There are 3 steps to challenge yourself:
Learning: Read a book you like, binge-watch things that inspire you, or just talk to people and learn from them.
Applying: Learning can be overwhelming, and applying what you learn will be the cure. So, challenge yourself that whatever you learn today, you’ll apply it in your life today only.
Sharing: “Sharing is caring.” If you believe in this phrase, you’ll start sharing your takeaways after applying only because sharing is caring.
Authenticity is damn crucial
If you pretend to be that you don’t care, but deep down you do, it creates a fight in you, internal conflicts makes life worse, and will stress you out. genuine detachment comes from an abundance of self-awareness and knowing what truly matters to you. It’s all about prioritising your own values and well-being over external validation. Authenticity is damn crucial.
One final thing
I believe and have faith that if we own up to the equation and live with it within our values, we will get so busy in it that we will don’t get a single penny of time to think or care about external opinions, societal pressures, and that harsh chase for success in paradox.
Therefore, what is success for you?
Success is when you find your mission in life with which you can live and die happily.
Keep honing your happiness.
I hope you enjoyed reading
(I am posting almost after a month because
I am busy confusing my life with love.)
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Happy Sunday :)
This was literally an amazing read....gave me clarity on life...