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@Leo Gura What do you think ?

@blankisomeone It's a balance. You have to work hard on your passions. Passions aren't just effortless and easy, they require a bit of hard work. Other than that yeah you shouldn't probably work hard on something you hate, this will be way too hard and ultimately unfulfilling.

The logic behind my plan is that it's not logical to think that to make money as a rapper you need to blow up and make millions, or you make nothing. There must be some way in between to practice making money and start earning it, first as a part time income, then a full time income, then if you blow up you make millions. This binary black and white thinking or you're either drake or a nobody isn't logical.

Guys i have a plan to make a living from rap : -Combining getting hired for gigs and projects as a rapper through freelance work. I will build a portfolio, or a resume, to get hired. -Building a small community on social media, of fans, who are willing to donate on patreon for support and listening to my music relases in advance, or to share exclusive music there.

@Leo Gura I imagine other mental illnesses to feel the same. Like bipolar, depression, bpd, antisocial personality disorder, multiple personality disorder, schizophrenia... From what i've lived and suffered through, no amount of will or philosophy or proper living is going to affect your mental illness. Only medications will. Mental illness is just something outside the will of a human being. It's similar to your health issues leo, no amount of philosophy is gonna cure them, only proper medications, if you find them.

On leo's blog post about the corruption of psychiatry: For someone who has OCD, and before treatment my life was hell, and was at my utmost dysfunction. No amount of philosophy could have ever helped me without taking the medications, which helped my brain refunction properly. I found his post about psychiatry, deeply concerning and untruthful. An illness is an illness, no amount of philosophy is going to help you, you need medications. @Leo Gura What do you think ?

@Raze Watch out for your projections.

The solution to islamophobia is to make a distinction between islam and muslims. Islam is a toxic belief system, misogynistic, patriarchal, homophobic, antisemitic, bigoted, irrational, fantastical, and just false. However muslims are people who have been indoctrinated by the islamic culture to be misogynistic, homophobic, antisemitic... So it's not the fault of muslims that they are this way, it's the fault of the culture at large of which they're a part of. What we should combat is the ideology of islam, not muslim people. People are a product of their culture and upbringing. It would be irrational to attack muslims, because if they were born in a secular society, they would be secular. What we should combat is the ideology of islam, by educating people around its hateful nature and falseness. Islamophobia is a form of bigotry that can affect negatively muslim people, however by combating islam and not muslims, we must fight islamophobia as well, which like i said targets people not the ideology of islam. Because it conflates the symptoms (muslims), with the root cause (muslim ideology).

@CARDOZZO You're totally right the problem is making money is challenging. Now i got a plan to freelance in video editing to be able to finance my rap career.

Hey there, i was thinking about how to go about self actualization and the problem that i face is that whenever i try to self actualize, like to meditate, read, contemplate, exercise. I always run into the same problem, which is that life starts to feel like a grind all the time. Since i study, and work as well, doing self actualization makes life too much of a hustle, and doesn't leave any room for just chilling and watching some youtube, or listening to music, or watching a series. Life becomes too much of a grind where on a daily basis, all that you're doing is performing, whether it's studying, or working, or doing self actualization. I need in my life plenty of room to relax and chill. And by that i don't mean to meditate or contemplate, since those are in my experience a hustle and work, not a relaxation or chill time. The solution would be to build my life gradually where i focus first on making money, and being financially successful, turning my passion and creative work (rap music) into my career, and then i would have plenty of time to do self actualization. But that will require years since first i am planning on finishing this year at the institute where i study physical education, then enroll in a translation and interpreting degree, to then after i complete it being able to finance my creative work (rap career). And then once my rap career is successful, i can then do self actualization work, because i will have more free time and energy. What do yall think ?

@Husseinisdoingfine nope set firm boundaries.

Since Leo rarely talks about these topics which are essential for building a great life, thought i would create this thread to develop a solid theoretical foundation for money, finances, wealth building... Feel free to share any videos or insights, you might find helpful towards that end.

@Ponder I tried veganism, not very practical. It's harder to be healthy on a vegan diet than on an omnivorous diet, you gotta do more planning, being more educated on nutrition... Not everyone is equipped to be vegan.

@Leo Gura can you respond to this ?

I always knew i wanted to be a rapper. Rap is one of my deepest passions. I already write rap in italian.