Daily Dose of Integrity New full length video out today! This video is part 1 of a 6-part series on loving yourself. Let's tackle the struggle of self-acceptance and kindness. I've been frustrated that common self-love advice often lacks practical application, so I wish to provide a solution. This video looks at causes of stress, such as societal pressures and the inability to let go of control, leading to self-loathing and fluctuating self-worth. We'll investigate how coping mechanisms like overworking, substance abuse, and people-pleasing as signs of unresolved self-acceptance issues. We'll look at increasing self-acceptance through the art of reducing stress and fostering genuine kindness towards oneself, akin to how one treats loved ones. Watch the video here: https://theinspirationallifestyle.com/what-it-means-to-be-kind-to-yourself-pt-1-self-love-series/

One of the things that did come up is that in general the project I am working on is very challenging, and so spending 60-70 hours a week on math is necessary in order to develop the research successfully. Overall I mostly enjoy, and can, as Brojo suggested, cultivate enjoyment of all of the actual momentary activities of it. However it doesn't leave much time for other things. But at the same time other things are not so valuable. Emotionally I do have a desire to practice music more than the 5-10 hours a week that the work regimen allows me for. But at the same time I suppose it is purposeless recreation. That is, I did fail as a musician and am generally poorly regarded as a musician and performer in general. So I don't add much value to the world by playing and so engaging with music is self indulgent. Now, with pickup and sex I've made peace with it, but that was easier because I at least had the experience of being sexually attractive and having a highly pleasurable exciting sex life in my 20s, at the sacrifice of having to spend a full time job worth of time on pickup study and practice as well as drug use to make myself more charismatic. And with hedonism rather empty at the end of the day, I can look back at an active sex life as simply a nice memory from my youth. And since I don't want kids there's no external reason to pursue women in that respect. However, with music, I never had the exciting experiences of performing for large audiences. So it's a bit more difficult emotionally to say that I will treat it as a hobby to enjoy myself and refrain from pursuit of performance beyond occasional open mics or busking and refrain from recording and releasing my compositions. I suppose one possibility is having some point in the future to aim for, say in 5 years, when I am successful enough to obtain a semblance of professional security and be able to reduce my work hours closer to 50 and then spending more time on music then. But that's a big if. So is this a matter of simply emotional processing, that is "grieving" that dream of the "compelling musician" experience?

Hey everyone I'll pin this post as a thread we can use to recommend and request resources from each other. So comment below either with your recommended resources (e.g. books, videos, courses you found helpful - from anyone) or ask for recommendations to help solve your issues.

In this AMA, I answer the following questions about confidence: - What's the best way - strategies, methods - to really get to know myself and like myself? - How can people stop defining themselves - their actions, life view etc. - by the Nice Guy Syndrome? - Any suggestions and advice for a work confrontation with a colleague who tries to control me? - How to push through with Radical Honesty without backing down when they're resistant? Thanks to the Leaderboard Winners for October for their questions. Hope my answers help!

Hey winners of last months leaderboard, I've had to move the Q+A backa couple days, cheers