November 2020 – Kyle's Shortcuts

Every time I set out to start a new project I go through 3 phases:

Excitement – Thrilled to realize the potential of the new project I can’t wait to get started
Accountability – I take whatever steps I need to get started and make sure I do them right
Exhaustion – I lose steam and come up with whatever reason I can to put it off until later

If you’re like me, once you reach exhaustion you probably feel disappointed in yourself and it makes you question every decision you’ve ever made.

I have only one choice, and that’s to develop discipline. If I could, I would hire someone to tell me to get to work and belittle me for making excuses, but I don’t have the money for that. Instead, I’m going to create that person in my head and every time I find myself slowing down, remember to make that guy scream at me.

Too Much to Handle

I might have too many things going on to give each of them the attention it deserves. I’ve been like this my entire life, and I’ve always been convinced it’s a flaw but I’m not so certain it is anymore.

I like being able to switch gears in any given day from studying to writing to playing guitar to skating to building websites to drawing to stretching and so on. Should I give priority to just one thing for the majority of the day? Maybe, but I get bored of one thing quick, even if I’m super excited about it.

This blog is something that I know is important. One day I will look back at all my posts and feel like I had contributed my voice in a time where it’s important to have one, but something still holds me back from getting on my laptop and just writing:

Lack of Discipline

In order for me to get in a flow state where I’m writing a blog I need to wait for this inner voice to say, “Hey let’s write about this today.” But sometimes that voice gets drowned out by procrastination and that is an internal conflict.

My work ethic slips away as time passes only to be resuscitated by my guilt of procrastinating. Can I skip that odd mental torture I submit to? Well, if I had discipline I’d be a little more aware of it, and for the sake of bypassing that mental torture, this blog post that I’m writing at this second serves as a reminder to self discipline.

What to Remember

Life is a series of peaks and valleys or waves however you want to picture that. Knowing the excitement of the peak is eventually followed by the low of the valley prepares you for how to behave when you’re either on the peak or in the valley. When I’m on the peak I need to remind myself of the nature of waves, and to work hard while I’m in that flow state. When I’m in the valley, I need to embrace its presence and remember the peak is coming. Am I in a valley right now as I’m writing this? Feels like it, but writing this is helping me find the base of that next peak to climb.

Have any advice for self discipline? Leave a comment below or reach out to me on instagram @kyleknob

2020 showed me:

The entire world can be affected by a pandemic
A cop can kneel on someones neck, kill them and get away with it
Protests were anonymously supplied pallets of bricks
A president can tear gas civilians to take a photo with a bible
A 78 year old man can be elected president
Systemic racism is obvious
Joe Rogan is the leading commentator on the internet
David Icke and Alex Jones aren’t making everything up
CIA’s MK Ultra operation and operation Mocking Bird
Many mainstream media outlets are corrupted
The Rockefeller Foundation wrote a paper called Lockstep 2010
The United Nations have an Agenda for the 21st century
We’re more connected now and faster then ever before
Bitcoin is extremely valuable
Decentralized Finance has better APY’s than any banks ever
The Federal Reserve will print infinite money devaluing the purchasing power of the dollar
I could potentially have no access to food or water
The importance of an emergency back pack
China is spying on me with Tik-Tok
Big tech can censor whoever they want
CDC, WHO or White House never mentioned eating healthy and being active to combat the virus
Lockdowns destroyed businesses, mental health, and relationships
There’s water on the moon
Self education is important
I’m not good at growing hydroponics

So much happened in this year so far that 2020 will forever be remembered as the worst year to date in the 21st century, but I’m not just a pessimist. I’m an optimist too.

I’m hopeful that consciousness is enveloping the generation, as love makes it’s self the only obvious alternative to hate.

I’m hopeful that the truth will rise to the surface and we can understand it and work toward building communities that thrive.

In a world where technology is centralized there is no doubt that its power will be abused. Whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, Google or Amazon or the advent of A.I., the future of centralized technology in the hands of an authoritarian government is not so hopeful.

However, the progress blockchain technology has made with Bitcoin leading the way has shown that not only can alternative systems be designed, but they can be implemented and impossible for any government to stop. The creation of DeFi itself is a huge milestone for cryptocurrencies. We are looking at the take over of banking, governing, and voting, all done on a blockchain.

The creation of the tools of the future are at a precipice. On one hand, the centralized entities have complete control of our lives with fear of the virus and their development of a Central Bank Digital Currency.

On the other hand, we have decentralized technology that can offer you exponentially higher annual profits on your savings, a governing system that can do what Uber did to Taxis, and a voting tool for us all to participate simply and fairly.

As much hopelessness as there is in the world surrounding the globalist agenda, the end of cash, the personal taxation of carbon, the closing of businesses, and the lost of jobs and homes, there will always be a silver lining.

What is the silver lining?

Well you can change and do better. We all can do better, and we must if we want to move forward as the United States of America and not the Red and Blue States of America. I trust you’ll be better because now in hindsight, we aren’t doing so good. Swallow your pride, recognize your outrageous ego demons, and be helpful.