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The original was posted on /r/getmotivated by /u/CEOofWakanda on 2024-01-01 09:40:43+00:00.
Read to start your new year strong
You think that the possibility of you changing for the better is like winning the lottery — you have a better chance of getting struck by lightning before it happens.
Everyday is the same thing. Scroll till your brain is fogged. Smoke till your brain is fried. Beat off till you’re numb. Then you think “I can’t change no matter how much I try.” Sounds familiar?
I won’t sit here and pretend I know the source of your issues but I will tell you one thing. This year went by fast, and next year is gonna go by even faster. And everyday, you go back and forth between fixating on the finish line, and losing sight of it. Between being fixated on your worry-free future but also losing sight of what your future can hold for you. And before you can finish a blink, the inevitability of time creeps up on you in the form of crippling regret and sadness.
“I should’ve” “If only I” “No matter what I do, I can’t stop”
A lot of you believe you can’t get disciplined but forget one simple thing. Some were blessed with discipline, but most had to build it. You are not an exception. You have to be delusional enough to believe you can change.
Delusional? Yes, delusional. If change to you is as likely as getting struck by lightning, then let change be the lightning that strikes twice. Be so delusional that change in your mind is more impossible than changes in reality. Be so delusional to the point where you believe you will defy the odds time and time again. Chance is a construct and lucky is an idea, but your choices are a defining factor that will determine the quality of your life.
The only thing I’m asking you to be in 2024, 2025, or whatever year you read this, is delusional. Make the idea of change in your mind more impossible than it actually is so you can realize that your new self is more attainable than you think. Two days ago, I made a post here asking for advice. Taking that advice to heart, I came to an epiphany. Now, I sit here, wild enough to believe that I can speak these words to power, and influence a good amount of your to change your lives through an unwavering belief in yourselves. Who am I to sit here and believe that my words can change you? A delusional mf.
Be so delusional that you actually believe that you can wake up at 6am. Be so delusional that you believe that you can cut off social media for a week, start that business idea, lose 30lbs, or change your life.
It starts off small. “There’s no way on this earth I can bring myself to drink 2 water bottles.” Then it’s “No way in hell I make my bed before the day is over.” Then you graduate to “Absolutely no shot that I quit tik tok for 6 hours” Being this delusional about the small things builds this scar tissue you get from fighting the war within yourself.
The funny thing about delusion is, once you start to contradict these delusions by your actions, you start to believe that “impossible” doesn’t apply to you. Your dreams start to get bigger and your delusion is a source of motivation since you’ve proved yourself wrong before and you can do it again.
So when you make those resolutions today, make sure you have the audacity to write “be delusional”. Love.