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You don’t hit your target? Change it into something meaningful.
How life tricks intuition and gives you what you need.
I started going to the gym a few years ago. I had in mind a goal, losing weight, looking good, the usual stuff. I even created one goal that would be measurable somehow, “I want to have a visible 6 pack”. And I started working on it. Intermitted fasting, calorie counting, high power training, lots of cardio. And so on, and so forth. Four months into it, and no abs. It broke me, I stopped going to the gym, I lost all my progress in less than a month.
And that sucked 😔.
After a while, I saw a video with someone doing calisthenics. I was super impressed. It motivated me on wanting to do some of that calisthenics. Started with hand-standing. Found the necessary exercises, started to build my strength, and managed to hand-stand for about 10–15 seconds in about 3 months. I had tons of fun made me proud of myself and I loved it. What also happened while learning hand-standing, was refining my abs and making them visible. That was extremely interesting for me.
Looking around
Started looking into this type of phenomenon and I learned about IKIGAI, and FLUX, and Taoism. A lot of people and cultures realized that doing something for the sake of…
