“It is the cracked ones who let light into the world”

“Identity lags reality by 1-2 years. There’s a lot of psychological fallout from a rapid change in status” —@IAmMarkManson

Identity lags behind reality.

Your self-image will always need to catch up to external success- which can take months, or years.

And for those who keep achieving exponentially more, sometimes it never does…

The same human can have God-like self-belief, with mind-numbing insecurity.

Belief and confidence are often at war with each other, for decades, or ‘til death.

That's the problem with drinking…if something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.

Q: You undergo a lot of stress all of the time. How do you handle it?

A: I don’t handle it. I like it.

How to avoid tons of problems in life:

Go to bed on time

Working theory:

a lot of ‘burnout’ is just the result of prolonged exposure to environments you were never truly aligned with to start