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I have decided that I will reward myself with money. That's a more powerful way of rewarding myself. Every time I achieve something I will withdraw some money from my bank and deposit it into my other bank account as reward or keep some cash with me each time. This way I can reward myself. At the end of the year I can review my bank account and see how much reward I collected. This is a good way of rewarding myself. I can deposit the money back into my bank account to restart the next year...

I think I should seek rewards in other ways too. For example reading a book is also a reward. I mean it can be. So also other stuff that is Enriching to the mind.

Need to start some serious work from today and I'm ready.

Understand that when you regret something, that is also a learning lesson in itself. It teaches you how to avoid regretting in the future.

This is also a vent journal so obviously I'm going to vent here. Not every day is a perfect day.

@Kross Don't worry. Don't let this affect you. Keep your focus and next time you will do better. Don't lose hope.

I had this dream where if a person said no, the face color would change. Sometimes pink, yellow, green and so on. It was unusual.

I will maintain a reward jar Shucks I always used to do this.

We would be outdone by the minutest of enemies. Who knew!

Rewards are necessary for motivation. It's a process of stimulating motivation. The thing is that motivation is all about stimulation.

The model that I'm going to be using from now is kinda crude The frame which is required here is Energy Motivation Goals Action Insulation Fortification

Last night, I saw Leo in my dream again. It was funny because he was giving rides to everyone in an amusement park. He himself had taken that ride like 225 times. Other parts of the dream. There was a guy in a grocery store that just wouldn't stop yelling loudly at customers. Then he walked up to me and asked me if the stuff he was holding were onions. And I told him yeah. Then he proceeded to dump those onions.

I will call it torpedo effort I get what torpedoe efforts means but in this case the word mean razor focus. It's like concentrated and directed effort.

The frame which is required here is Energy Motivation Goals Action Insulation Fortification You will need Fortification. By Fortification I mean rapid exclusive growth. But this cannot happen without insulation. You need growth, spurious growth. This needs some investment and hard work. Like Stage Orange. But at the same time, this needs insulation from distraction.. Pure focus/effort and insulation are key components. Are you purely focused on your goals or just half assing it.

You can either happily motivate yourself or motivate yourself with pressure. The problem with pressure is that it's stressful and unhealthy. But some people like getting pressure. They see it positively and don't seem to be stressed out by pressure. It's similar to negative motivation. For example body fat. Some people love being called and praised. It helps them give up bad diets and focus on getting healthier. This is a part of body positivity. However for some fat people, fat shaming is better. It works as negative motivation. They work on themselves with great enthusiasm when they are shamed and they use this criticism to actually work on their issues. But this is not the same for all. So happy motivation has far more advantages over unhealthy motivation. I wouldn't mind a bit of unhealthy Motivation for a temporary period of time to serve my purpose.. It's like whatever works works.

@Peter-Andre exactly. Most people foolishly buy into this rhetoric and don't see the tactic behind it . I call it the misinformation propoganda machine. Mpm. I have noticed a lot of this on YouTube and media and it took me 3 years of following right wing media on YouTube to finally realize that all they spew out is garbage which the youth is voraciously feeding into without seeing the consequences of such radicalization. That's when I coined the term misinformation propaganda machine to describe these sort of people and factions that earn money by provoking people on purpose against Liberalism. In essence it's actually very easy to make a person racist. Just use survival propaganda. On the other hand, it's tougher to let a person give up racism. Because as humans we are engineered for survival so it's easy to go overboard with survival agenda. Also this is very close minded survival. If you want to go meta on survival and see the big picture you will realize that greater survival of the species is only possible through unity and harmony between different parts of the species like race and gender and not by divisive politics. Otherwise the division will cause mayhem and destruction of all, not just one.

@Peter-Andre sorry this name box doesn't go away. There is a tendency to dethrone feminism. One way to do this is to pick a toxic woman who uses feminist policy and then frame the entire movement as bad and abusive to intentionally break down the movement. And direct hate towards feminists on purpose so that other women are discouraged from joining the movement because they would feel that they could get branded the same way. And constantly keep parroting the same example to disavow the movement. This reminds me of how the right wing will defend action against protestors by calling all protestors as rioters when it's clear that only few are rioters and rest are peaceful protestors. But right wing media will purposely focus only on burning buildings and rioters and not on peaceful protestors. This is an example of classic cognitive dissonance. You want to create a picture you wanna see because another picture will challenge your beliefs which you don't like. The interesting part that amuses me is when right wing is very quick to point out that "all cops are not bad apples", "all men are not abusers" "all are not racists" but when it comes to feminism, they want all feminists to be labelled as bad and toxic.. They can't apply the same logic to protestors or feminists. Funny how that works. Also the other popular way of defeating women is to say "you're playing victim" victim card. Feminists are not playing victim. They want victims to be heard, they want justice for them. By the same logic of the right wing, the phrase social justice warrior has earned a bad reputation The problem is severe when you're a real victim but the other party says you're playing victim It's hard for feminists already. It's harder when society lacks empathy. But then again you have to think why feminism exists in the first place. Because society lacked empathy.

Visualization and inspiration for MEE MEE simply doesn't drop from the sky. You have to build it up. How do you build it? This is like a fireball that you need to build up. This is some pathetic crude work. It's same like hunting a partner for sex. You simply have to do it and there are no short cuts or beautiful elegant ways of doing it. It is riddled with frustration just like dating is riddled with frustration of rejections and efforts. You will need to visualize yourself slowly being motivated. Let's say you have a huge amount of pending office data that needs you to read it and sort through it. You might feel very lazy and not want to do it and keep pushing it for tomorrow. Because you know it's stressful. One thing is that you need to lessen the stress factor. The build up of stress will actually prevent you from wanting to do it. The stress will like an eater of energy.. Stress can sometimes get you so overwhelmed just with the idea that there is so much to read and sort that it will almost impair you and you will dismiss the project at hand Once you have handled the stress factor really well, the next step is to visualize how you are going to be motivated. Use any form of inspiration, crude or modern. Visualize yourself in happy surroundings. . Visualize yourself being happy doing it Visualize yourself positively. Visualize yourself getting motivated and feeling the energy of motivation, not like pressure, but happiness. Both visualization and inspiration are awesome But I can use a host of other techniques to get me on board the motivation ship.

The energy that is a part of motivation, I will simply call it motivational energy or MEE... Motivation enriched energy. Now this MEE is very different from normal energy that is required for doing things. This energy creates a drive or motivation. Primal energy is basic energy required for everything in the beginning. For example of you're a terminally ill patient you will have extremely low primal energy or starting energy. Zero starting fuel. Starting fuel is absolutely essential for getting anything done. Insulation and deep focus (without distraction) helps conserve both MEE and primal energy and doesn't allow it to dissipate easily.

The frame which is required here is Energy Motivation Goals Action I also wanted to discuss the importance of insulation. Insulation is extremely important to growth.

This is because of your mom. Get out of that place and create your own life. Be completely independent Don't do anything for anyone. Don't let them take you for granted. You are letting your time, space, energy, and resources to be utilized by other people and that's causing you frustration. Break free from those people. Don't fight them. Just don't obey them and get out of it. Take hardcore practical steps or you will be in that rut longer.

Energy and motivation or drive are two most important components. Sometimes I just get too worn out and feel spaced out like I can't remember stuff. The frame which is required here is Energy Motivation Goals Action If I follow the above 4 strictly it will help me Because of my depression and childhood trauma it's very difficult to feel passionate about anything. It's like being stuck in the same rut. And not doing anything about it but at at same time being aware of being stuck in the rut. There is no straightforward way or short cut to motivation. It has to be built. I think this is also a problem for men in dating. If they want to seriously date, they need to get off the couch and meet more people in life. But they may not get the motivation to actually the work that is needed like Leo says I also blame culture somewhat. For example when I order takeout food., I'm less likely to cook. When the takeout restaurant is closed, I get off and start cooking on my own. This is human nature.. We get lazy when something is easily available. We work hard when we know it wont be easily available otherwise. The modern generation, my generation, is used to getting things that are wished. I can spend money and get what I want.. But is that motivation? Our ancestors worked very hard for stuff that we take for granted. Back in my father's time there was no internet in the 90s. They didn't have smartphones. So my dad had to use a payphone sometimes.. I never think of a payphone. There is no payphone in my place. Because everyone around me has a cellphone a mobile phone that they keep stupidly staring at. So yeah, human nature can get pretty awkward and docile and dependent It's easy to be lazy.. I never had this problem in school. I was very motivated during my school years.. Back then, nobody had to tell me what to do. I would just jump at everything. I was super motivated back then. Somehow this reminds me of the ants and the grasshopper Aesop tale.

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Ancestral spirits are important in Zulu religious life, and offerings and sacrifices are made to the ancestors for protection, good health, and happiness. Ancestral spirits come back to the world in the form of dreams, illnesses, and sometimes snakes. The Zulu also believe in the use of magic.