Focus on This

Most things are red herrings.
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There are so many distractions around us, especially in this age of social media.
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It’s easy to forget what’s important…
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Or perhaps you were too distracted by your surroundings to take some moments of reflection and think about what’s important to you.
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You don’t need a vacation or anything to think about such things. It’s a matter of making a conscious decision to do so.
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Here’s a Marcus Aurelius quote I like:
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“People try to get away from it all — to the country, to the beach, to the mountains. You always wish that you could too. Which is idiotic: you can get away from it anytime you like.
By going within.

Nowhere you can go is more peaceful — more free of interruptions — than your own soul.”
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I understand that your life can be hectic sometimes.
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And that there can be many distractions and temptations.
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(The fact that there are too many BJJ techniques that look attractive is one of such distractions as well!)
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But try not to be tempted by them.
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Everyone has different priorities and the specifics of what’s important to them may well vary from person to person. And that’s OK.
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But as an overall direction to take…
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Focus on being better & sharing what you learned in that process with others.
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This is one (pretty good) way of how we can get better collectively.