- So the past year and a half,

I've really been made aware of the intimate relationship

between our psychology and our physiology.

It seemed like as we were locked down physically,

we were also locked down mentally.

As we felt kind of stuck in our own homes

and in our apartments,

we also felt stuck inside our own heads.

We fell into cyclical thinking,

and I think a lot of that has to do

with the fact that there weren't fresh inputs,

no fresh experiences being added into our lives

so we didn't have novel ideas.

It was all exacerbated as well by the fact

that the algorithms that we were likely leaning on heavily

through YouTube and Netflix and Twitter

and all of that learn what we tend to click on.

So we start to develop these deep digital grooves

into certain topics of interest,

and you start getting recommended

the same content day in and day out

and you start to wonder,

like, why am I stuck in a rut?

Why am I thinking the same things

that I'm thinking all the time

and how come I can't get out of this pattern?

When you take a step back from it all,

it all becomes pretty obvious,

but when you're trapped in it,

it's hard to gain the perspective that you need

to get out of that situation and into a better one.

And that's another thing that's really become apparent

about human nature over the past year

is that when we don't have that exterior influence,

when we don't talk to new people,

when we don't have a sort of an outside network

and we're just trapped inside our own heads,

it's almost always a really bad thing

over a long period of time.

This isolation almost always breeds a pessimism,

negative thought patterns while it might be good

to be alone sometimes and learn to be alone with yourself,

too much of that, too much isolation,

almost always corrupts us.

It seems like human beings operate optimally

when we're working together,

when we're giving each other new ideas,

when we're helping each other out,

when we're carrying a load and accepting responsibility

to help the group and it's this putting yourself out there,

this voluntary acceptance of responsibility

that kind of gives life its meaning.

The existential dread of existence can be kept at bay

when it feels like you're contributing to something.

As we play a role in these sub-communities,

in these sports teams, in these book clubs,

in these volunteer opportunities,

our life seems bigger and more optimistic,

full of more opportunity.

We're not so trapped inside

our own pessimistic way of thinking.

I feel like this is all because there's an intimate link

between our psychology and the physical space

that we take up.

The places we go and the people we interact with

are extensions of our consciousness.

And through these external influences,

we gain access to new ideas, new ways of thinking.

And we unlock parts of the brain

that we would not have access to in solitude.

There's a reason why so many self-improvement junkies

or gurus or psychologist,

Navy Seals will tell you to make your bed, clean your room,

organize the physical space around you.

Jocko Willink, Jordan Peterson, you name it,

these people are all saying that the physical environment

in which you are a part of is an extension of yourself.

And following the same train of thought,

I would also say the physical size,

the literal square footage of your physical surroundings

is sort of the square footage of your mental surroundings,

of your existential surroundings.

And that feels weird to say,

but I feel like people kind of know this instinctually,

if you never ever leave your house

and you're just trapped living the same day over

and over and over again,

then your existence really starts to feel small.

The literal amount of things that you influence

on a day-to-day basis is quite small.

Your life can start to feel very insignificant.

You don't actually make a difference

in the world as much as you would

if you were out there interacting with more things.

And it's the same reason why people who travel a lot,

they get back from a year of traveling.

They have so many new ideas and perspectives

and they're so inspired and full of life.

And that's because by physically traveling to new places,

they mentally travel to new places as well.

Their existence seems larger.

And if you don't have the luxury

to travel around everywhere at your whims,

and I know a lot of people absolutely don't,

this still applies to whatever town or city you live in.

It applies to the activities that you say yes or no to.

By actually saying yes to that salsa dancing class

or that Brazilian jujitsu class

or saying yes to playing volleyball on the beach

with your brother and his wife, these things matter.

New experiences open your world up

and make your life feel more significant.

This was all just basically a long-winded way

of saying, get outside.

Obviously not in a way that will hurt or endanger anybody,

but you guys are smart by injecting yourself

into the world around you instead of hiding away

in a tower like Rapunzel,

you'll actually start to feel like you have

some autonomy over your own life.

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