Note to Self;
Your daily reminder for life….
Random rant: One of the biggest thing I’ve done so far as a college a student in the University of
Cebu that I’m proud of myself was probably being part of the working scholar association. I’m very
grateful for the experienced especially in the part where I was able to met people whom I felt as if my
second family during my college journey. I was able to grew not just personally but also professionally. I
never regret being part of this association. Been grateful, always.
Become the person that you would like to be around with.
I’ve been thinking about this idea a lot lately. How often we crave to be seen in a certain way. How
we wait quietly, restlessly to be understood without asking, to be chosen without needing to prove
ourselves. And maybe, somewhere in between all that hoping, we forget that we have the power to
become the very person we long for. Think about it. What kind of person do you feel safe with? Who
makes you feel at home in your own skin? Whose presence feels like a deep exhale, not because they’re
perfect, but because they’re kind, because they listen, because they don’t make you feel small for feeling
too much. Become that.
“Become the person who
doesn’t wait for the right
moment to say something nice.
A person who notices not just
the big things, often invisible
wins.”
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Be the one who compliments a stranger, not for how they look, but for how they carry themselves. The
one who doesn’t make everything about them, even when it would be easier to. Here’s what I’ve learned’
painfully but slowly: You will never feel truly connected to others until you learn how to be the kind of
person you would choose in a room full of stranger.
“ The thing about problems is that they never disappear. You solve one. Another takes its
place. The only real choice you have is which ones you’re willing to deal with. The sooner you
accept that there’s no life without pain, the freer you become. Because then you stop wasting
energy avoiding it, and start using that energy to move through it. You start seeing problem not
as a sign that something’s gone wrong, but as proof that you’re engaging with life. Every major
life change comes with problems. If you try to dodge them all, you end up dodging the very
things that makes your life worth living. ”
Learning to say no is a skill, not a personality trait. It requires practice, reflection, and sometimes
brutal honesty with yourself. You have to constantly ask: Is this struggle worth my attention? Does this
decision moves me closer to my values or further away from them? If the answer is no, you say no. And in
doing so, you reclaim control over your life. You stop being a passive participant in a world that
constantly demands your energy and start being the author of your own story.
You know what actually reduce crime and homelessness?
Universal health care, free education, affordable housing, and a basic living wage. When people
have their most basic needs met, they have happier and healthier lives.
Be so hungry to learn that you drop the act of knowing it all.
“Curiosity beats pretending. Ask sharper questions, find people who make you rethink what you believe,
and actually listen. When you stop needing to be right and start needing to grow, every conversation
becomes a classroom. Pride should stops running the show, and make progress takes over.”
Spend time getting to know yourself. Because if you don’t, you’ll end up absorbing everyone else
random and conflicting ideas about you. Knowing who you are on a very deep and intimate level
is the best way to protect yourself from internalizing dis-empowering opinions of others.
If you woke up today with the opportunity to add another page to of your life, then you owe it to
yourself to create the most beautiful story you can imagine. Whatever that is. However that
looks to you. Let the ink spill onto the blank page and fill the empty lines with the magic you
thought was out there but was really inside you this whole time.
“The goal is to become the woman I always needed. A magnet for wealth, health, inner peace, and
abundance.”
“It’s so true that the greatest weapon against nihilism and existential despair is to find joy in the
mundane and never stop chasing after love.”
Ideas for Habits:
drinking a whole water bottle everyday.
practicing gratitude often.
telling your loved ones you love them.
practicing a musical instrument.
cutting down on screen time.
creating a regular sleeping schedule.
reading for fifteen minutes each day.
It doesn’t matter who you used to be; what matters is who you decide to be today. You are not
your mistakes, not your mishaps, not your past.
Being delusional will save your life.
The case for delusion:
Confidence is just a consistent delusion practice unntil it looks like fact. Nobody became
great started with proof. They started with sheer audacity.
Delusion is the beta version of belief. You install it, glitch around, and before long, the operating
system updates.
Tell yourself that you’re discipline. You start acting disciplined.
Tell yourself you’re lovable. You start setting boundaries that prove it.
It’s not magic. It’s neuroplasticity in Valentino.
A little more context.
That girl who decided she was the main character. At first everyone rolled their eyes, but six moths
later she has a book deal and golden-hour lightning seems contractually obligated to follow her.
Believe me when I say delusions convinces your brain into believing you are that version of yourself you
want to be and thus, you become. Now, this isn’t the case for anti-productive delusion , please don’t text
your ex, they don’t want you.
Practicing productive delusion
1. Choose your story carefully. Make it one your future self would be proud of.
2. Act as if. Your brain loves consistency, it builds tracks to support what you behave like.
3. Repeat until real. Delusion without action is just daydreaming.
