Outcome is often uncertain. Doing right things sometimes doesn't feel like it brings any visible advantages, but consistency proves itself to have the biggest impact.

Social media is frying out brains to rely on them to be satisfied with what's around you. But it's a hack of human nature that requires you to interact with your surroundings.

Making use of yourself and to gain that consistency it takes some time getting used to, but it's necessary to make real changes long-term. Being blinded or isolated makes you feel like everything is going ok, and you don't need much. That's a mediocre lifestyle. To achieve your best self, you need to do something that challenges your interests. Make plans for holidays, go to new places, write a message to someone you haven't spoken with for a while. But make a dedicated effort somewhere. Don't make a point of succeeding in everything either - your work may interrupt your plans, or someone ghosts you. Keep in mind that you want to experience more than "nothing" that social media offers.

Work on your schedule to read, exercise, make plans or take on your own project that you think can ground you to the reality rather than mental illnesses of the internet.

If you're not that self aware, just check your phone usage and reflect on what you've gained. If you're not communicating with others and scrolling entertainment, it won't benefit you in any way. If you think it's a lifestyle that many live, you would be right and wrong. 

"Introverts" often don't like to get involved in physical world and rather peak at their interests on the internet. "Extroverts" think less and have nothing to do on the internet even for entertainment, social issues sometimes catch their attention.

What makes you feel alive is expanding your frontiers in real life. So put aside some time to read a book, take a walk, work out exercises that you can do well to keep you active.

What else am I missing? What can bring joy to everyday people in a surprising way while growing personally?

https://lounge.forum (same as https://thelounge.forum) is the best forum for everyday discussions and general posting worldwide, as well as easy to remember.

Lounge Forum aimed at grounded, respectful, and thought provoking posts that allow you to make your own decisions about everyday living and global events.

It encourages focusing on facts rather than repeating ahead of time made up opinions. The forum encourages to think for your self and make your life happen the way you should.

Leaving complexity out of communication leads to better community. 

Unlike other forums that are subdomains of services, or have specific focus e.g. technology. https://lounge.forum is a standalone forum under it's main domain, made for everyone sane and civil.

Talking about politics and the richest guys, we're meant to co-exist in a way that tests boundaries.

Population is often forgiving to a certain degree due to insignificance on individual level. But get the wrong person, the entire globe can erupt.

Individuals, including the politicians and ultra welthy guys have complex traits that can be generalised, but each has his own processes that keep individual "locked" in his nature which is rarely broken. Our nature is what makes (or breaks) us. When breaking, life demands a hard change with everything coming to halt jsut for you to reflect what you haven't considered. Other times you can be a perfectionist in your field, you still get a lesson of a lifetime.

If it would be simple, everyone would be happy, wouldn't we.

Coming back to good/evil; our traits demand expression. Be it good or bad, but majority of people are mostly good. Given that someone wants complete authority over people, at some stage something breaks, where sudden burst of inspiration can change how people want to be treated, drastically. 

As long as there're organized civilizations, common people cannot be forever taken control of. Even if they're limited by laws, technology and rules. Maybe that's a good reason for eventual death, so that whatever good and praiseworthy is created is then passed on. The wrongdoings are frowned upon. 

With this cycle, socially we're supposed to develop culture of harmony and cooperation between all individuals, except we have entered the amnesia stage of development. A lot of our human nature has been pacified that individuals don't mature into understanding each other.

You've heard "history repeats itself", yes it does. Because of badly written history, world leaders are commiting the same mistakes. A good example is "radical nationalism" which stands on pretence of fighting for local culture. That was done in 1941. We're not taught of the reasons, but something snaps and then goes too far.

With so many cultures around the world, mixing everyone together blinded by tolerance for "diversity" hides the truth that we all think, but it's taboo to talk about. What this leads to is rising nationalism. It can be nudged with realisation to adjust government response, do something with illegal immigrants as an example. But different culture and thinking cannot be changed to the ways of where people arrive to live, they bring their ways to the country. On top of that, the hosts of the immigrants are reminded to tolerate violent mistreatment by their guests. This is where right and wrong can switch sides. If nothing is done, and the host doesn't see adaptation by the immigrants, the only way becomes - force. Due to recent major migrations due to some secret global agreement, this is the fate that awaits yet again. Will people be able to stand for what they value, or have they pacified us enough to not care?

Why can this not be looked at as a test to be corrected instead of going full steam ahead into the problems? Scientists, decades of studies, massive budgets. Yet the world is not able to self regulate things that we know so well.

On a happy thought. Whenever evil wins once, good will also prevail in doing something to get rid of suffering. 

Many many thoughts about this, just that we're not used to talk about any of this with honesty. Maybe because we're told to choose a side to defend, while actual changes happen behind our backs.

It's strange to think see how everyone is ok with going about their life by letting their life drag them in whichever direction.

We come across content that is made for self-improvement, some start to make changes out of necessity, but once you make change in yourself to do things differently it wakes everyone around you, in a bit in a good way, but also to challenge you.

They take inspiration from you, watch closer what you do, and do similar things which comes up in conversations which become unpleasant, as if you need to explain yourself and your change in behaviour.

That sort of reaction makes you unwilling to keep doing those changes with additional pressure from those surrounding you.

This is where it becomes necessary to have likeminded people that understand you and knowing how you put effort in your life can support your decisions and even offer a way to make further steps in your voyage.

The capacity of humans is reduced to a minimum with materialistic distractions. Because they're more of a temporary reward rather than part of living. It is part of experience and nice to have something exciting, but there's always more to feeling more accomplished. It starts with an idea, but requires committment, which also needs to be learned. 

As you venture further into your goals, it should start painting a picture of who you are and what you can accomplish for your circle of valuable individuals. Peace and joy should be the outcome of dedication.

It's not just for fitness models, exercise is crucial part of health.

We don't get introduced to fitness correctly. You may hear people got to the gym and getting their body in shape. It often gives an impression of hardcore pushing yourself to the limit and going through paint to gain figure or lose weight.

When visiting a gym, you may come across young newcomers that go full out, pushing themselves to "100%". I guess it wasn't just me who thought gaining strength and exercise comes through effort beyond your nomal abilities. Few of those gym visits that leave you cramping and sore for a week, you leaarn the first lesson of gymming, you don't need to break your thresholds to make progress.

Whatever max you can lift, reduce it by 30-40% and do 3 sets of 8-10 reps is a solid rule. 

If you're unfamiliar to gym equipment, many gyms offer trainers who can introduce you to most of the machines in 30 mins. How to get into position, how to get going, and posture (often must be stable - wobbling "cheats" by offloading effort into other body parts that you might not be wanting to exercise). 

Spend an hour at the gym using this rule, and you will see how other people are actually enjoying coming out for exercise. Nothing is sore, you get great sleep, good appetite, the mind clears up, and you feel lighter.

Gym is not a punishment of yourself, but letting yourself use your physical strength at 70% to put your biological cogs in place.

For the last 20 years big organizations, one of them - Microsoft, have been dealing with data.

It's not surprising that they're processing large amounts of data, but they seem to have deliberately collecting all data possible and making a product out of it.

Today most of the devices ping home as soon as you turn on your device. Same as phones, each time you unlock your phone, it sends a tiny amount of data to the manufacturer to update the state of your device.

It would be fine to keep track of general product use, but with regular updates to T&Cs, you will find that as more data is collected that has nothing to do with products, but to just get the usage habits that are processed and very likely sold to those who are looking for that data. It's often said that it's for advertising, but it's way more than that. 

All the datacenters are not there to be a product, they're processing to make data products. Such recent example is earthquake warning by Android phones that use accelerometers and detect the anomaly across thousands devices to inform others within certain area where the earthquake may reach.

Another recent example is Microsoft providing it's user's details to locate and apprehend a hacker based on his PC usage https://www.pcmag.com/news/a-hackers-arr...ows-device

Such data best works when collected from everyone rather than by individual agreement. To truely make your Windows PC private, it involves disabling telemetry in the registry which doesn't have any other options through control panel, as well as using firewall to prevent data from going out by blocking IPs of the services. 

Did you know that your Windows PC sends data to LinkedIn without you even going to the website or having the application installed on your PC? If you would have an option, would you disable it?

The mantra of "you shouldn't have something to hide" was heard by everyone, but when the usage and distribution of data is not consensual, who knows how it will affect you. Policies and laws constantly change and you will never know what your data can be used for until it's too late. Organizations hide these facts behind hundreds of pages of legal documents that say they may share the data, and if you disagree, just don't install it and don't use it.

There should be a law in place for "Essential" technology to provide barebones services without unnecessary data scraping and processing, because "having no choice" shouldn't be the only choice.

Likely there're alternatives. Due to Microsoft's heavy leaning towards undermining their consumers with "Recall" and "Copilot", Linux world is speeding up in development due to high demand for those that understand the importance of proactive privacy measures that doesn't make online curiosity a crime. You may come across content which is illegal to host/distribute, or a movie and you will be at mercy of AI or upcoming technocrats to determine what your punishments are, and they will device what is considered harmful to their moneymaking. 

Technology is splitting power and morals into two. Those with AI will likely trip on power and influence once they have everything in line - policy makers, datacenters, decision makers. In a way it's a race, it's not a question of if, but when. And as we know billionaires, they need more money and power to show better returns for their backers and keep monopoly expanding.

Having organizations be in charge of humanity that gives nothing in return, pretty much treats humanity as lab rats, to experiment on with medicine, send to conflicts, fight each other while being reminded of scarcity and bad economy. Economy is bad because of excessive profiteering on everything. At the same time seizing their profits for the sake of communism is also not the answer. The best course would be to make better living for people, but then with comfort the population will expand and that's another threat to them. So why help everyday people at the end of the day?

It's a full circle that shows that either power and financial gain needs to be limited in smart ways or people to be treated like animals. Unfortunately it's a chain of power that is bought out and with disagreement, the link can just be replaced to go along with the agenda. We're at a cul-de-sac of power and freedom which is not easy to go back from or fix.

It suites to some to have 2 forms of trading - cash and digital, but there're frontiers that have not yet bloomed.

Bitcoin really shook the bankers, that pretty much all major banks have pushed to create their own currency. The problem that I always see that no one ever mentions is that cryptocurrency has no way to manage credit. Also if the currency is limited and credit that needs to be repayed is larger than all possible currency, it just won't work.

The world still holds on the logic of credit that crashed multiple times. But it's the only system that seems to "work best" for modern solutions.

So instead of massive support of individuals outright, credit is betting that a lot of individuals will be using products/services. As any bet, there's a chance it will go either way. If the business is made for the sake of money, it's unlikely to succeed. If the business is made to fulfil demand, then it's more than likely to prosper. How do you manage that capitalism stretch in crypto thought? 

In crypto, every coin is sort of there, it has it's computer ID and it has it's place. So managing crypto will have to fall outside of it's abilities to transact, some form of money manager has to be in place, and that's the dangerous part. Whoever has the tools to control crypto, will dictate the rules. Knowing how things run and how it influences decisions and economies, it's just about an obligation of evil to seed itself and slowly grow it's influence.

Some towns and groups have successfully made alternatives that tie to it's local town "economies". Which seems to be the only other way that escapes regulations, although I'm certain, the tax collecting divisions of governments will frown upon or make such community trading without declarations and contribution illegal - unless, the infrastructure and living environment is self-sustaining (doesn't require intervention or contribution by government).

Interesting topic to explore. How would you reinvent trading that is more ideal than what we have?

A ton of socks and undergarments is probably a necessity.

Individuals have different tastes and approaches. You will find that guys often do not give a crap about overall looks, as long as they fit in.

Briefly, there was culture of bling, but just in one deckade, it became apparent that a street thug wearing golden coloured chain is not someone to aspire to, his style displays status that he thinks of himself to be worthy of. The behaviour can probably work along peers, but not publically to influence majority.

Maybe we still do it in closed circles. As more people sign up, I will bling up lol

But on the serious note, somehow I don't see longterm point of wearing something unusual except for special events themselves to take pictures, or for practical purposes e.g. going out on the beach in shorts.

So talking about style, I haven't really thought about specific attire or having the latest look. I think our attention shifted from having that cool looking look, to having iPhones or something. Lately with AI images and unnecessary to get out of the house for some even, the need is not there as much.

Though it may turn around to express personality and preferences, rather than having to guess your social nature?

People are most intelligent species on earth, yet can be lost in a basic decision.

Going through life you begin to establish principles and morals. Even as an atheist, if you compare your morals to a religion you will begin to understand that it's not about control, but rather trouble free living and future. 

Different religions are notably focusing on specific long-term goal for all of it's followers.

As you follow a religion, it will nudge with it's basic requirements or outlooks what the collective mood should be in relation to your well being, your neighbours, your culture and overall groupthink.

With the most complex organ in the known universe, we can do various things - have imaginary conversations, imagine images or situations, plan and prepare our next steps. By using our abilities, we're improving them. The same applies to bad practices. If you're taught religiously to have certain outlook on other cultures or groups of people, it will be a hardcoded groupthink.

Modern population without a religion rely on "facts" and "opinions" that make decisions on their part, and easiest to influence to follow the modern living as their culture. Having no expectation leaves the gates open for any solution that comes around. That's often why we end up with the choice between the best of two evils.

Establishing your moral code before you ever come across the cards handed to you will show you the reality - "the truth" that allows to focus on the larger picture rather than argue a pointless choice.

Some religions are built on war, others on peace, or just for everyday living like in small countries or islands. Religions also establish cultures that allow for norms to work with those morals, so that what you do and what you decide is understood by others.

Religions are often not mention nor considered as part of everyday life or influence in major cities, but it's followed by billions of people and influences global ideologies.

One of those annoying things on phone, new contacts are being saved and "synced to phone", but after a day or two the contact magically disappears from contact list and just shows as a number.

I'm yet to crack this one.