Purveyors of Ponzi Schemes and other scams rely on FOMO to reel in the constant flow of new investors. These new investors don’t want to miss out. We see FOMO manifest in markets of all kinds. From stocks to commodities to real estate, misled investors chase illusory gains.
I began my journey to rewire my brain and rebuild my body with a BMI over 30. And that was after I had already lost around eight pounds. So, it goes without saying I was healthily (or unhealthily) in obese territory and trending upward!
And with RAIN drinking alcohol turns from reflexive to recognized to released. All in less time than I’d wait in the McDonalds drive through for a quarter pounder meal.
Enter meditation & RAIN. I started daily meditation practice exactly 157 days ago (as of the publication of this blog). And it’s been quite a journey. At day 35, I completely stopped smoking pot after being a near daily smoker for over two decades. By day 90 I had gone from drinking 5 nights a week to twice a month, and drinking half as much in a sitting (from 7-10 beers to 2-4). By day 140, I had lost 26 pounds.
While you can’t buy more time, you can rent, lease, or give less of it away. The less you surrender, the more you have to enjoy. It’s kinda like that old fable about the ant and the grasshopper. If you are facing a winter of debt, you may want to start acting more like the ant. While it’s sexier to live like the grasshopper in summer, the ant has it made in the shade the minute the weather turns.