A friend sent this to me The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living” Socrates was a famous Greek philosopher who said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” This means that people should think about their actions, choices, and beliefs instead of just going through life without reflection. Socrates believed that a good life is one where a person asks questions and tries to understand themselves better. The word “examined” means to look closely at something. So when Socrates talks about examining life, he means thinking carefully about why we do what we do. He wanted people to ask questions like: Why do I believe this? Is this the right choice? Am I becoming a better person? These questions help people learn and grow. Socrates thought that if people never think deeply about their lives, they may make bad choices without even realizing it. They may follow habits, other people, or emotions instead of thinking for themselves. For Socrates, a life without reflection would not be very meaningful. How to apply it in daily life This idea can be used in everyday life in simple ways. One way is to think about your day at the end of the night. You can ask yourself questions like: What did I do well today? What could I improve? Did I make good choices? This helps you learn from your actions. Another way is to question negative thoughts. For example, if you think, “I’m not good at anything,” you can stop and ask, “Is that really true?” Often, people believe things about themselves that are not completely true. By questioning those thoughts, you can see things more clearly. You can also use this idea when making decisions. Before choosing something, ask yourself if it is helping you become the kind of person you want to be. This can help you make better choices in school, friendships, and your future. This idea also helps in relationships. If you get into an argument, you can ask yourself, “What happened? Was I part of the problem, too? How can I handle this better next time?” Thinking this way can help you grow and improve how you treat other people.

Healing your trauma is important. But some people have the misconception that of they try push down or forget their trauma’s they do not need to heal. This could not be further from the truth… You see some people who do this say “Oh yeah I just forgot my trauma by not reminding myself of it and I do not see it affecting me in anyway.” That is false though. Trauma affects you subconsciously in every way. I was once told by another trauma healing expert he said think of every trauma you have in you, each of them makes you -1% less good in all areas of life. That is true. So don’t delay and don’t self sabotage yourself by saying you have just “forgot” your trauma. Or whatever excuse, cause it does not work like that.

The Day After The Mountain From the Moonshots newsletter In a previous edition of Moonshots, I talked about the idea of Misogi. The concept is simple. Once a year, you should attempt something so difficult that there’s a 50% chance you fail. It's not a comfortable goal. It's not something you know you can complete. Something that forces you to confront the edge of who you think you are. Run the ultra. Climb the mountain. Launch the thing you’ve been avoiding. The purpose isn’t achievement. It’s confrontation. You confront your limits. You confront your excuses. You confront the quiet voice that says you can’t. And if you push through it, something strange happens. For a moment… you become someone else. But here’s the part people rarely talk about. The Misogi isn’t the hard part. The day after is. The Post-Challenge Void You imagine the finish line will feel different. Clarity. Confidence. A permanent sense of accomplishment. Instead, life resumes. The emails are still there. Your routine returns. The world moves on. And inside, a strange thought appears: Now what? Most people treat a Misogi like an event They celebrate it. Post about it. Tell the story. Then slowly… They drift back into the same patterns that existed before. This means the challenge becomes nothing more than a good memory. But that was never the point. My Version of a Misogi Recently, mine was HYROX. HYROX is an indoor fitness race where competitors alternate between 1 km runs and functional workout stations like sled pushes, rowing, lunges, and wall balls. I entered the doubles race with a good friend of mine. We had a target time to beat: 1 hour and 15 minutes. For six months, we trained for it. Early mornings. Hard sessions. Days where motivation was nowhere to be found. Race day came. Long story short — we beat our time. I was genuinely happy about it. But not long after finishing, a familiar thought crept in: What’s next? Should we sign up for another race? Train for something harder? But after sitting with it, I realized something important.

Meditation for the day I do not compete with anybody, and neither should you. Here are the reasons why. You can’t take what was meant for me, and I don't want what was meant for you. You can’t have what's mine, and I don't want what's yours. All I want is to be better today than I was yesterday and to be better tomorrow than I was today. If you continuously compete with others, you're going to get bitter, but if you compete with yourself, you're going to get better.