Welcome to the Mind Fuzz newsletter, a recap of three things that are on my mind this week.
1. Playing Medium
Hustle culture or simple living…
Which camp are you in?
I think the majority of my 20s has been spent trying to figure this out.
Do I work hard, chase success, and hope it leads to the life I crave (whatever that is)?
Or do I take a step back, do the bare minimum, and take whatever that comes?
I think I’ve landed on my answer recently…
Both!
It’s so easy to adopt one of these mindsets and go all in, but the ability to flip between them is a great skill to have.
It’s like work hard, play hard, I guess.
But instead it’s work hard, play medium because playing hard hurts my head these days.
2. Sunshine
The sun makes me so happy.
To the many Europeans that read my newsletter, how the hell do you go without it?!
Balance in Australia is trying to find the perfect medium between a tan and skin cancer.
And I can assure you that almost all of us get it wrong.
It just got sunny where I live after a week or two of rain, and I am relishing it.
Probably a little too much.
But I feel like my vitamin D levels were chronically low whilst I was in the UK earlier this year.
So I’m just making up for it now… that’s my excuse anyway.
I hope you’re getting some sun today, wherever you are.
3. Wrongful Chasing
“What if it’s not meant for me?”
Wolf Alice – Don’t Delete The Kisses
Well, what if it’s not?
There are so many things that others want that don’t seem the least bit interesting to me.
I used to think I was weird for not liking what other people liked, or not wanting what they wanted.
But that’s just how we’re built.
There is a huge difference between genuinely wanting the thing and being conditioned to think you want the thing.
Some things just aren’t meant for you, no matter how badly you think you want it.
Forcing this is usually a great way to build a life you don’t enjoy.
It’s not weird if you don’t want what others want.
It is weird to force yourself to do it against your will, though.
