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starting monk mode

FROM HUMBLE BEGININGS:

Going into this monk mode season of my life, things are not going so well for me: I am failing out of college, all I want is to build a business and I have an opportunity in front of me but I am having a very hard time, staying disciplined and really pushing the business forward (working with focus on what matters) consistently. This way, I have already let 2 good opportunities slip by, either of which would have me making money by now. All around I feel like shit and my mother is worried about me, which breaks my heart.

The objective is to get out of my head (dreaming) and consuming content (I think that the need to be independent and better than everyone which manifested in building a business, started as a coping mechanism to protect myself), the thing is I was young when this happened, and the way it unfolded was that it made me: a) day dream (always been a dreamer) or b) “learn”, watch content try and abstractly understand things (which I also always was pretty good at).

I need to and will in this monk mode, learn to put a lot of input into something, and learn that real understanding and mastery is gained this way. I am doing monk mode until the objective is complete for 3 months, (I am going on holiday with my family, will be about a month of)

Being dead broke as a grown man is really not ok

North star metric: retire my mother (make 20k a month by the end of the year)

OBJECTIVE: get business of the ground, make 2k mrr

Also I need to catch up on a couple of school assignments.

Fuck how I feel, I am just going to work and get my business of the ground.

I need to develop more: grit, focus, discipline (higher minimum standards). The way I cope with my neurotic tendencies and feeling terrible is now working, developing products. The output of which mrr in my business.

Now the protocols:

Sacrifices, cut out of my life completely:

Scrolling on my phone / social media other than whatsapp
My phone will be on aeroplane mode until noon
Youtube, educational content is ok, as long as it is not in work time or it is outside of the house (on a walk)
Booze (or soft drinks)
Jerking off; blood magic, waste of energy
Any tv or putting my own music
Being ashamed …. This sends me into a downwards spiral (Notice who the voices are in my head, and I will not want to give them any power)

Protocols:

I need to be more aware, where, thoughts (loops), emotions, ect…. come from
I am going to read everyday, or more specifically stop
The 1e hour I am awake: write down my dreams (whatever comes to mind, just write something). Meditate for minimum 20 min (one of these: just observe, pranayama, ohm chanting, some ego meditations will probably be good as well). Then I have (bit of a work in progress) a affirmations document, which I will visualise after the meditation. To raise my standards. I will pray. Stretching only for 5-10 min. And practise my imagination / minds eye, while I get ready or stretch or make time for it. And a quick review of my daily objectives (journal).
I work, basically all the hours I am awake. I confront what needs doing as fast as possible (push through resistance, use imagination, to see people talking about me; this will do the job)
Everyday I do at least 20 min of painful high intensity, workout; running or body weight exercises.
I am going to read, go for walks, visualise who I am to become, talk to people in my free time -> this all comes pretty easily
at the end of the day, wind down and plan tomorrow

btw, I rote this in google where with highlights, headings and nested lists (I mean a), b)) everything looked allot better.

I am happy to hear from anyone, talking to a couple guys on a similar mission would be really great and also hearing people speak that make money, is doing me allot of good aswell (makes it seem allot more achievable)

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