Being useful is a mindset. And like with any mindset, it starts with a decision: Just DO something that’s useful. Anything.
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It rationalizes the shit out of anything that’s just a little bit uncomfortable and create excuses as to why we shouldn’t do something now. Those excuses are irrational, but sound superficially reasonable.
“If I am faced with a problem and can do something, I do something. If I can't do anything, I just forget about it.”
K. T. KELLER
The things out of our control
There are things that we can’t do anything about, and that’s life, a game of luck and skill. The skill( and decision part) you can control, along with how you feel about it.
Things like losing one’s job, or having a family member who is sick, are out of our control, and it is no u...
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