[Music] so the past year and a half i've really been made aware of the intimate relationship between our psychology and our physiology it seemed like as we were locked down physically we were also locked down mentally as we felt kind of stuck in our own homes and in our apartments we also felt stuck inside our own heads we fell into cyclical thinking and i think a lot of that has to do with the fact that there weren't fresh inputs no fresh experiences being added into our lives so we didn't have novel ideas it was all
exacerbated as well by the fact that the algorithms that we are likely leaning on heavily through youtube and netflix and twitter and all of that learn what we tend to click on so we start to develop these deep digital grooves into certain topics of interest and you start getting recommended the same content day in and day out and you start to wonder like why am i stuck in a rut why am i thinking the same things that i'm thinking all the time and how come i can't get out of this pattern you know when you
take a step back from it all it all becomes pretty obvious but when you're trapped in it it's hard to gain the perspective that you need to get out of that situation and into a better one and that's another thing that's really become apparent about human nature over the past year is that when we don't have that exterior influence when we don't talk to new people when we don't have a sort of an outside network and we're just trapped inside our own heads it's almost always a really bad thing over a long period of time
this isolation almost always breeds a pessimism negative thought patterns while it might be good to be alone sometimes and learn to be alone with yourself too much of that too much isolation almost always corrupts us you know it seems like human beings operate optimally when we're working together when we're giving each other new ideas when we're helping each other out when we're carrying a load and accepting responsibility to help the group and it's this putting yourself out there this voluntary acceptance of responsibility that kind of gives life its meaning the existential dread of existence can
be kept at bay when it feels like you're contributing to something as we play a role in these sub communities in these sports teams in these book clubs in these volunteer opportunities our life seems bigger and more optimistic full of more opportunity we're not so trapped inside our own pessimistic way of thinking i feel like this is all because there's an intimate link between our psychology and the physical space that we take up you know the places we go and the people we interact with are extensions of our consciousness and through these external influences we
gain access to new ideas new ways of thinking and we unlock parts of the brain that we would not have access to in solitude there's a reason why so many self-improvement junkies or gurus or psychologists navy seals will tell you to make your bed clean your room organize the physical space around you you know jocko willing jordan peterson you name it these people are all saying that the physical environment in which you are a part of is an extension of yourself and following the same train of thought i would also say the physical size the
literal square footage of your physical surroundings is sort of the square footage of your mental surroundings of your existential surroundings and that feels weird to say but i feel like people kind of know this instinctually if you never ever leave your house and you're just trapped living the same day over and over and over again then your existence really starts to feel small the literal amount of things that you influence on a day-to-day basis is quite small your life can start to feel very insignificant you don't actually make a difference in the world as much
as you would if you were out there interacting with more things and it's the same reason why people who travel a lot they get back from a year of traveling they have so many new ideas and perspectives and they're so inspired and full of life and that's because by physically traveling to new places they mentally travel to new places as well their existence seems larger and if you don't have the luxury to travel around everywhere at your whims and i know a lot of people absolutely don't this still applies to whatever town or city you
live in it applies to the activities that you say yes or no to by actually saying yes to that salsa dancing class or that brazilian jujitsu class or saying yes to playing volleyball on the beach with your brother and his wife you know these things matter new experiences open your world up and make your life feel more significant this was all just basically a long-winded way of saying get outside you know obviously not in a way that will hurt or endanger anybody but you guys are smart by injecting yourself into the world around you instead
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