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So you're not able to meet your goals because you're quote on quote "too lazy"?
Well, laziness isn't what's stopping you. Fear is the cog in the flow of your motivation machine. Fear holds you back. Laziness gives you purpose and direction by telling you precisely what you don't enjoy doing, allowing you to narrow down your focus on things you do. Don't point at Laziness as a scapegoat for your insecurities and inability to get things done. (Remember, ProcrastiN8rs get things done last minute, but damnit, it gets done!) Let's dive into the root of the problem: Fear. Please Scoob, let's go back to sleep! One of the most common critiques I get from my haters and skeptics is: You’re NOT lazy. “You produce a podcast, write a blog, research into stocks, crypto, and HYIPs to invest in, test money-making apps on your phone, perform SEO, tackle ocial media marketing. That’s not being lazy. A real lazy person wouldn’t do any of that work.” To that I say this: I'm lazy as fuck. I'm just not afraid to move forward, no matter how slowly. I take my time and do what I want, when I want. I always take the easy way out and don’t put more effort into tasks than absolutely necessary. I do just enough to get by. I find ways to monetize doing things I like or find very simple to do. I’m not working hard. I’m hardly working. I’m building a lifestyle that gives me freedom and plenty of leisure. Saying I’m not lazy is like saying a sloth isn’t lazy because he climbs a fucking tree. Climbing that tree is so much work. Look, the sloth is lazy not because he doesn’t do anything but he just just enough to get by and does it when he feels like it, taking his slow ass time to get there. But he does, eventually. Laziness is good in moderation and there’s a fine line between being lazy and just being a complete waste. It is a super power that one must control rather than letting it control you. Things must be...perfectly balanced. Just don't go about destroying half the universe. If you don’t want to do the things I suggest to make money online, if you find sitting on the couch or in front of your computer in PJs and doing a minuscule amount of effort “too much work” well I got some news for ya: You're not lazy. Absolutely not. You're just afraid. You’re afraid of failure. You’re not being the sloth. You’re being the scaredy cat or dramatic hamster. And quite frankly, that makes your mind work a lot harder, drains your emotional resources a lot faster, and get you absolutely no where compared to moving towards goals at a slow n’ steady pace. Being afraid is anxiety. It's high tension, nerves on edge. Alertness. Awakeness. It requires an active mind. Laziness is about calmness and relaxed nerves. Cool and composed confidence. You can only make progress if you get passed the fear. The fear of doing something wrong. The fear of making mistakes. The fear of failure. A sloth could fall off the tree but that doesn’t stop him from climbing up and hanging. If you're lazy, I mean truly lazy at the very core of its definition, you're so calm that you're not even fazed by the possibility of messing things up. You don't fear a goddamn thing. You just don’t care. Mistakes are Meh. They don't matter. If things go wrong, and they will sometimes, you let it slide because it's no big deal. Whatever, roll over on the couch and sleep in a different position if you get uncomfortable, so to speak. When you make a big deal about things, you have a hard-working mindset. Not a lazy mindset. Sometimes you have to accept a bit of spilled milk. Sometimes you just have to accept getting tapped in the back of the head by a newspaper, instead of rolling on the floor in quote on quote "pain" like you're dying (see video below) Making a a big deal about things requires BIG effort and produces little results, which is why you shouldn’t worry. You're not lazy if you're getting worked up over anything. That's by very definition "work". You’re pouring your heart and soul into being on the look out for danger or you're making a big dramatic scene out of something uneventful. You're enacting the fight or flee instinct by running away from facing your problems and the possibility of failure, or screaming for protection. They call it getting worked up because you're putting blood, sweat, and tears into embracing a negative emotion and letting it consume you. You're being consumed by your active primal mind, struggling for survival. Here's the thing: in the modern world, you are not, I repeat: NOT struggling for survival. Despite all hard wired instincts in your brain shouting at you otherwise and triggering a sense of fear, you are absolutely NOT going to die if you try to better your life, relationships, or career. Shut the aggressively alert mind off and turn on the passively smart mind. Nowadays, you are (or very well should be if you call yourself lazy) nonchalantly and ever so casually growing to reach your full potential with small, deliberate steps that gradually help you build as a person. Though life can be stressful and hectic, most situations in your daily life don't have instant death as a consequence of making the wrong move or decision. The consequences of failure to meet a goal or making the wrong choice are nothing that will kill you, unless if your goal is to hunt a wild bear or sky dive or something but I digress. Also, don't cause drama by getting all worked up. Again, instincts are kicking in saying "if I panic, other people will protect me. from predators." You don't need a group to survive, but those social instincts are heavily ingrained in our brains. You may FEEL anxiety but KNOW this: You are not going to die, so relax. Actually BE lazy. Control your instinct. Become lazy. Embrace a passive, lazy mindset and dump the active and overly alert one. You don't need that to survive anymore like our ancestors. Calm, rational thought, laziness is evolution. It's time to evolve beyond the primal reptile brain and move slowly and thoughtfully towards goals, despite consequences with the lazy mindset. Remember this: the amount of effort involved in worrying about failure is substantially a larger amount of mental energy depletion, emotional drain, and physical exhaustion than moving forward slowly and steadily towards where you want to be. With the Lazy Mindset, you'll get where you want to. Eventually. Heck, even if you decide to just lay down all day and do nothing, not move at all, at least embrace it and stop fearing the consequences of lounging out. You have to recognize when you don’t want to do something out of laziness versus when you don’t want to do something out of fear If you don’t want to do something out of laziness then you just simply don’t want to do it and choose not to; however, on the other hand, if you don’t want to do something out of fear, then you literally feel like you can’t do it. You feel immobilized. It comes down to Purposeful Procrastination versus Impulsive Idleness. Laziness must be used in a deliberate way, instead of a sporadic one. And on that note, Take it easy, Take it reeeaaal easy, Nate
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We’re always told “don’t quit” and keep going, no matter the circumstances, no matter the problems -- to just try hard and give it all ya got. “Don’t be a quitter.” they’ll say.
They make it off like you’re some sort of loser if you quit things so easily. Well they’re wrong. Winners quit all the time. They just know when to quit and how to quit. They know when to walk away and then go lay on the couch. Look, sometimes, it doesn’t really make sense to put in any extra effort at all and keep something going just to keep it going. Sometimes ya gotta embrace your laziness and know when to call it quits. There just may just be something you’re putting time, money, and effort into that is totally NOT worth it (logically speaking and not in a depressive sort of tone.) This principle applies to business, relationships, and even personal goals. Knowing when to quit is a fundamental part of being a PRO-crastin8r. Ya gotta know when to say “enough is enough.” Ya gotta know when to Yawn and move on. Be a lazy quitter who doesn’t always “stick it out” for the sake of sticking it out. See, “Don’ ever quit” is too broad of a statement. It’s an odd ultimatum that assumes quitting is always a bad thing. It’s not. Quitting is neither good or bad; it just is. It’s a thing that you do. Likewise, one would assume that “hitting” is always a bad thing .I mean, most times it is, sure, but not always. Not necessarily. I mean you can HIT a ball with a baseball bat and that’d be totally cool. But if you hit your wife with a baseball bat, that’s something you deserve to get locked up for. You can also HIT your savings goal and that’s quite an achievement. But HIT your banker in the face and that's not a good thing. Anyway, point is, when it comes to morality of the word, it’s all about context.You can’t assume that quitting is ALWAYS bad. Certainly it *can* be, but not always, not by definition. It all depends on the context of the situation, as well as the thinking process behind it. There are essentially two different types of “calling it quits”
2. Giving up (bad) which is done through reckless emotion. Just like the lazy man procrastinates with purpose so too does he quit with purpose. He has the confidence to say” meh, I’m done” when he’s done and exit with slothful grace, like a turtle withdrawing in its shell Quitting is driven by slow, rational thought as opposed to adrenaline rushed instinct. It is a thoughtful decision, instead of a knee jerk reaction. Gotta keep your poker face on. Cue Kenny Rodgers. "Ya gotta know when to fold" So how exactly do you know when to quit? Here are some telltale signs that its time to quit (the good kind). 13 to be exact. Yup, 13 Reasons Why you should Quit. You can apply these to both business and personal goals (in no particular order). Embrace the Lazy mindset, let it touch every aspect of your life, and dive in.. 1. You are not compensated or reciprocated fairly for your efforts If your investment with time, money, and/or energy in a relationship, either a personal or business one, does not produce fair benefits, then it’s time to quit. Bye. Like, if you’re actually gonna have to get out of bed to do something, it should be worth the sheer amount of exertion it takes. In terms of a job this means, you get paid properly for the amount of hours you put in, ideas you create, and overall productivity you complete. You have to ask yourself, is what you’re doing really worth “x” amount of dollars per hour? If not, ask for a raise. Incrementally ask to increase your wage until it reaches a point of fairness. If your boss refuses to budge about your salary, no matter how small of a raise, quit. You ain’t got time to deal with bullshit. In terms of a relationship (romantic or platonic) this means you receive appreciation and reciprocation for everything you do You have to ask yourself, is this relationship equally balanced with give/take? If you pay for dates, pay for rent, buy gifts, and all you ever receive is a kiss or maybe worse, a condescending comment or shitty attitude, and never receive the same gestures in return, then it’s time to drop the ball 2. There’s no sense of progress (or progress is crashing down) No matter what you do, it’s never enough. Ah, face it, it’s going no where, so you should go somewhere else. You feel stuck in a rut. You should be moving forward, always. That doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll jump to CEO position tomorrow or become an Olympic gold medalist overnight or even have the perfect relationship. But it does mean you are constantly gaining xp and leveling up, no matter how long it takes. Slow n Steady wins the race. There of course are gonna be “bad days”, just like the stock or crypto market takes a plunge every once in a while or your favorite team loses a game. But as long as there is an upwards positive trend, as long as things are getting better, then it’s worth sticking around. Take a look at this chart about the stock market from finance expert Ric Delman. See? Positive trend overall, despite some HUGE pit falls, including the Great Depression. However, if the trend is spiraling downwards in a negative way. If the amount of stress at work is getting worse, if the amount of fights with your boss (or even significant other for that matter) is increasing, or if the work load is increasing while the payload is increasing, if overall the situation becomes less and less favorable, then it’s time to cut your losses and head out. The trend of progress (or lack thereof) also doesn’t necessarily need to be headed in a negative direction to be worthy of calling it quits. It can instead reach a static point, a flat lined dead end. Stability is one thing, but stagnation is another. Perhaps you’re simply bored, get into a mundane routine, doing the same thing over and over and over again. You are human, after all, not a machine. You’re meant to go out there and live, not repeat the same mindless tasks over and over again. It’s natural to desire some sense of progress, no matter how slow n’ easy it is, as long as it’s there. The only place you want to stagnate is in bed and even then, it’s always nice to have fluffier pillows and a comfier mattress. 3. You don’t look forward to the future or don't see one. Now I don’t mean you fret the future from a place of insecurity, full of worry and anxiety. Don’t worry, man, be lazy. Worrying is too much work. Remember, all of this must come from a place of strength. You want strong trees to hold up your hammock as you relax on that island, dude. Be smooth and deliberate with your thoughts and actions, not hyper and panicky. When I say you “don’t look forward to the future”. I mean it’s something you have logically concluded is not something you wish to participate in. Just like I don’t want to go to that party because I want to play video games instead, not because I’m a depressive fuck, but because that’s what I prefer to do. I do not see a future of me going to a party again. And by the way, before I get all the haters saying “DEPRESSION IS A SERIOUS THING! YOU CAN’T MAKE FUN OF IT!” Calm your nerves. See, that is exactly the type of panicky hard working mindset I’m talking about. Chill. Depression is serious, no doubt. I get that. You get that Those undergoing such painful mental experiences shouldn’t have a stigma and should receive help, of course. I’m just trying to make clear that it’s possible to NOT look forward to the future without being sad about it. I know. I’m still going to get haters saying I’m some mental illness phobe. But I’m too lazy to give a fuck. It’s like seeing an oncoming train and blankly just staring at it, knowing you don’t want to get hit by it. Quit staring and get out the way. Control your future and don’t let it control you. The ProcrastiN8r is always cool-headed and in control. Lack of opportunity and the ability to move upward is one thing, but not wanting to level up in the first place is another. Look at the people above you. Do you want their job? Look at the next step in the relationship. Do you want to commit to that? If the answer’s NO. Don't be afraid to say it. Then politely tell 'em you just gotta quit. Don’t stare at the train the whole time until it inevitably comes. Get the fuck outta there. Just rip the bandage off. If you stick around all it means is your gonna deal with more drama and bullshit in the future, a logical lazy thing to avoid because that requires extra effort. 4. You don’t share similar values Be up front about what you want from the beginning. Don’t lie just to win approval and get hired or start dating. This saves a lot of future hassle and drama, which as a lazy person you don’t want to deal with at all. Lying also requires remembering things rather then just speaking honetly and that’s such a waste of brain power. Can’t focus on c-c-c-combo breakers and pwning noobs when you’re trying to memorize the web of lies you created. If you’re clear about what you want from the beginning, who you are as a person and what you genuinely value, not what you *think* the other person wants you to value, there really shouldn’t be any sort of “Whoops! Surprise” type of moments or random argumentative outbursts. You can just simply say “Look, I told you from the beginning.” Our first date, my first interview. And you knew what you were signing up for. You save yourself from investing time and energy into a business project or romantic prospect or becoming any level of emotionally attached to a company or person that you simply don’t see eye to eye with. People change their mind, sure. But you’re not going to change yours. 5. You (or your partner/co-worker) are not learning anything new You may be a bit stubborn and lazy, and that’s fine. At the end of the day, you get what you want and play life on your own terms, work on your own terms, sleep on your own terms. And while you may not change your mind based on moral principle or decisions, you can change your mind in the sense of evolving it with change as you learn new things. Once that evolution comes to a halt though, it may be time to quit. Leave your job. Break up. A job that offers no opportunity to expand your mind and teach you new knowledge either through mentoring or experience may not be rewarding enough to stick around. If you aren’t learning, you aren’t growing. You aren’t moving forward. This alone may not be a reason to quit, but combined with others could be an absolute deal breaker. And similar to reaching a stagnation point, you may find yourself hitting the same ice berg (problem) in a relationship or work environment. Mistakes are Meh and failures happen but if your romantic partner or co workers keep making the same exact mistakes and hitting the exact same failure point,, it’s time to say good bye. 6. You receive Constant Criticism You shouldn’t quit just because you had a rather bad presentation one day or made an honest mistake and get criticized for it. Criticism is “meh” whatever, not taken personally and can actually be useful in helping us grow. However, if it seems like, and maybe you’ve even been told directly that“ You can’t do anything right”, if every action you take, every word you say is criticized, then it is time to quit for sure. Anything, eh? Well that’s a broad brush. If you’re told you that you can’t do anything wrong, then you’re probably doing *something* wrong and that person has you on a pedestal., Likewise, if you ‘re told that you can’t do anything right, then you’re probably doing *something* right and that person has you on the bottom rung of the sewer ladder. Look there’s no such thing as being 100% perfection or 100% failure. Valuable criticism is balanced between both the good *and* bad, as Thanos and Guthix would agree, and a person who can’t do that is just insecure in themselves. Either they feel so inferior to you that they fail to notice *any* flaw, as if you are a deity or they feel so superior that they begin to act like a deity themselves and you the mortal peasant. If a person is criticizing you and never balancing it out with appreciation and compliments, then they clearly have some personal issues to deal with. Let them find someone else to nag and bitch to. 7. You feel fatigued The procrastinator enjoys sleep. Using energy is one thing, and sometimes necessary, like when wlaking to the fridge, but depleting it to the point of burn out is another. A procrastinator never fully depletes ALL of his energy or very well shouldn’t. That’s like Pooh Bear running out of honey. 8. Monday’s are a bitch We’re not talking the typical “Aw man, I gotta get up for work tomorrow.” Sunday night blues you mumble to yourself. We all want to create a Lazy Lifestyle where every day feels like the weekend and destroy the Monday But when this sentiment and feeling becomes a bit more...extreme, when you experience stronger levels of emotion, like perhaps fear and anxiety, instead of a bit of frustration. When you start to physically feel your heart palpitating and sweating, combined with an anxious feeling, at just the thought of returning to work (or returning to your guy/girl for that matter), it’s definitely time to call in permanently sick. There’s a fine line between not wanting to wake up on Monday just because you’d rather sleep in, and literally having some sort of borderline PTSD symptoms the night before. Of course, some weeks you may feel this way. (Again, we don’t want to make our decisions entirely on feelings and some times we just have bad days) But it may be a bit concerning if it happens on a consistent basis, especially when combined with other signs on this list. You may just need to chillax though, man, and not get worked up so easily. 9. There’s No laughing No matter how serious a relationship gets and no matter how serious business can be, if there’s never any laughter, none. It’s time to quit. If the tone is always stone cold sober, without any lightheartedness, that’s just miserable It doesn’t necessarily have to be “The Office” or full of slapstick pranks and goofy pun humor or silly insults but if there’s not even the occasional “comic relief” moment IRL, that’s a problem. 10. You lack a strong Work/Life balance. You lack freedom & happiness. If your job is stealing away from your home game, with family, friends, and romantic relationships, it’s time to call your boss and give him the two word sentence: I Quit In the same vein if your personal life stealing away from your job productivity and relationships with coworkers, it’s time to call up your (now ex) and give her the two word sentence: It’s Over. This gets a little more complex if you’re married, living together, and have kids, which is why you should frankly avoid those things to begin with. As a general Lazy rule of thumb, the less committed you are (to a relationship or job), the more freedom you have to do whatever the fuck you want and with freedom comes happiness Don’t put yourself in a situation where you limit too much of your freedom or you'll find yourself very unhappy (unless of course you choose to make that decision, lazily logically, and understand the sacrifices you are making) 11. Lots of dun.dun..DUNNN!! DRAMA Drama is energy draining is never productive. It maximizes effort and minimize results, quite the opposite of what you want to achieve as a procrastin8r. It turns a simple conversation into an elaborate verbal fencing match between two opponents. I’m too lazy for any fancy footwork or fighting in my discussion and prefer issues to be resolved in a higher level conversation, not a primitive guttural shouting match. If I wanted drama, I’d tune into TNT, *they* know drama. 12. You’re owned (and must ask for permission) This applies to either your boss or significant other: If they get angry or upset when you make a decision (no matter how small) without you consulting them first, even if it was the right decision (or perhaps even insignificant), if they always ask you proning questions like “where are you going?” or “when will you be back?” then it’s time to resign. Yes, reisgn form your relationship “Hey babe, I am resigning as your boyfriend.” That’s not a healthy relationship at all. That’s not collaborative It’s controlling. They’re not your parent. You’re not a teenager. You’re two adults and if they insist on treating you they’re some sort of gatekeeper for your free will, it’s closer to a slave master and his slave than anything else at that point. Leave. 13. They deny responsibility Your boss (or girl/boyfriend) makes a mistake and what do they do? Deny it. And they play that card. Every. Single. Time. Like a gosh darn pet trying to act all cute and innocent. Man, just admit to your mistakes. Fucking own it. It’s no big deal, but by lying, *you made it* a big deal. Now it’s a big deal, because you lied. And sometimes they’ll go as far as gaslighting you and turning you into the scapegoat, swinging the story and firing an emotional net gun to tangle and trap you in a cover of concocted calumniation. That shows they are immature and can’t handle the simple act of making a mistake, despite the fact that every single human on the face of the planet that ever existed has made hundreds of them. We as procrastin8rs understand the fundamental fact that Mistakes are Meh and don’t really matter in the grand scheme of thing; we own our mistakes and learn from them rather than try to hide them and repeat them. But the one question you need to ask yourself in order to determine if it’s time to quit is this: Do you feel drained? All of the items in the list above will certainly suck you dry if you’re not careful Burnt toast is burnt and you can’t just un-burn it by throwing it in the de-toaster. You don’t ever want to quit practical and productive goals, but you do want to quit ones that are either too BIG or drain you. Throw them out! Be able to recognize when you are in a toxic work environment or relationship and have the lazy attitude to say “fuck it” and walk away from it. Understanding how to apply the Lazy Mindset principles, including when to quit to all aspects in your life is vital in creating a stress-free, laid back lifestyle Making money online from the couch is of course an important goal as ProcrastiN8rs, but money is only one aspect of the whole picture. Quit trying to make money online and start trying to establish the Lazy Mindset to every nook and cranny of your brain instead. The former will come as a result of the mindset. Take it easy, N8 Here’s a little blog I wrote.
You might wanna read it quote for quote. Don’t Worry Be Lazy Worrying takes a lot of energy, effort and not to mention, time. Plus, it doesn’t result in anything positive. It just doesn’t. It’s a bad habit to have and takes way too much mental and emotional effort for the lazy man , or woman. The act of worrying neither solves problems or makes you feel better about them. All it does in drain you. Choosing to worry is like volunteering to get bit by a mosquito, repeatedly, over and over again. There’s absolutely no benefit to doing that and quite frankly it just makes you look like a dumb ass. Then you're just left feeling uncomfortable and in (itchy) pain. Not a good deal. Nope. I don’t like to spend energy on doing, well just about. anything really. I’m lazy. And it makes absolutely no sense to spend what little energy I’m willing to invest in an activity in one that gives me neither pleasure or satisfaction. All the time spent worrying could be spent watching movies, playing video games, or better yet spend time reassuring yourself and imagine yourself as a superhero, rather than a failure. As Christina Winsey-Rudd once said: Worrying about it takes precious time and attention away from your priorities and increases your feelings of dissatisfaction about life. Worrying is a full time job. Literally people describe it as getting “worked up” for a reason. I don't want to work AT ALL, yet alone over time. When worrying, your mind enters a state of struggle. You feel like you’re battling stormy waves to keep your head a float, drowning in a pool of misery. It can go on for hours on end, just like a desk job. Your mind is awake and active, running through a series of thoughts that deplete your mental and emotional resources. You’re exerting creative energy into something destructive, rather than constructive and this leads to fatigue. You are not resting or being lazy, in its true form, if you are a worry wart. You are being a hard worker in the mind. You want to achieve a laid-back Lazy Mindset and just lean back and float on your back. Let the tides come and just ride the waves. When you worry too much, you risk putting your mind in overdrive and burn out While in a state of worry, your mind is active, alert, working. And just like working at a day job, you tire out after doing it too long. You’ll feel unmotivated to do things you actually enjoy, yet alone anything productive. You’ll just be too tired from all this worry to do ...anything really. Be lazy. Don’t put your mind to work with worry. “Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.” – Dale Carnegie You can’t control everything. Don’t worry about it. There are simply just things outside of your control. And that’s cool. Whatever man. "There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. " - Epictetus Don’t work hard to try and solve problems that are either unsolvable or attempt to change things that can’t be changed. Ya gotta work with what ya got. Learn to accept. Shut the aggressively alert mind off and turn on the passively smart mind. When you worry, you’re living either in the past that’s gone or the future which doesn’t exist, instead of in the present. You rid yourself of the ability to live truly *in the moment*. To take a step back and breathe in the air, feeling it inflate your chest and cool the back of your throat then deflate as your exhale. By worrying about things, you are taking energy that could be used today and keeping it in the past or preparing for the future apocalypse that'll never happen. “Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength” - Corrie ten Boom In regards to the past, a worry is just one moment you focus on and not the whole story. Yes, there are sad things that happen and it’s completely natural to go through a healthy grieving process when we lose someone or something special or miss out on an opportunity or make the wrong decision. But to wallow in the pain, to bring it to mind as easily as you do your first name is not a healthy practice, nor is it a lazy one. In regards to the future, a worry is just one possibility and is not set in stone. *Even if* the odds are against you, even if you’re not likely to succeed, by worrying about all the bad possible outcomes, you loose sight of the potential victory In Avengers Infinity War, Doctor Strange looks forward in the future and sees every single possible outcome, and, out of fourteen million six hundred and five possible scenarios, there’s only ONE. One single scenario in which they win. The team doesn’t think about or sit around worrying about the other fourteen million six hundred and four scenarios in which they lose, no. They focus on that one chance to win and defeat Thanos, saving the whole universe. The odds are stacked against them, but they embrace the Lazy Mindset by saving their energy they could spend worrying on making that “one shot” work. Worrying is simply the practice of imagination with a focus on the bad. It is imagination gone wrong. Growing up, my dad would always tell me this quote “iIf you live by and think about (imagine) your negative self reflection,your results will in fact be negative” It stuck. The more we worry and think about the negative possibilities and circumstances, the more likely they are to come. Many professional athletes refer to the “inner game” and say that their performance in a race or competition is 90% mental and 10% physical, meaning if they worry about losing the race, fight or game, they’ve already lost it. On the flip side, if they think about winning and holding the medal or trophy, they’ll perform their absolute best. Hitting their A game means shutting off the worrisome thoughts and just relaxing, man. The great take away about that is a lazy person like me can become an amazing athlete or business person if I just think about it. Heck, even the fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt says that he's lazy. He's definitely on to something. Okay, okay, so there may be a bit more involved than “just thinking about it” but our mind is like a machine and will output whatever you feed to it with the input. Feed in shit and it’ll produce shit. Feed it pizza and it’ll produce pizza. You get the idea. Your brain can function on autopilot and drive you to your goals, with hardly any effort on your part, a lazy man’s dream. That’s a whole other topic we can cover in depth later ,but I just wanted to touch on it briefly for now. I suggest the book Pyschocybernetics by Maxwell Maltz if you’re interested in getting your brain “to work for you” until then. Worrying literally solves nothing. Either you can fix it or you can’t. But worrying certainly does NOT make things better. You’re not going to be able to control every intricate detail in your life. There’s a bit of RNG...IRL You just gotta embrace it as you navigate the procedural generated dungeon, even when things are far from favorable, yet alone even fair. Sometimes you roll a Natural One. But you can’t sit there worrying about it. You gotta play the game. You still have to fight the damn dragon, even if you slip on a rock and fall face down in the dirt while trying to raise your scimitar for an attack. Shit happens. It’s no big deal You can’t control everything that happens to you, but you can always control how you REACT to it. React with cool, calm, laid back confidence like “Don’t worry. I got this, man. I’ll admit, this isn’t the best situation right now, but it’s all good dude. Whatever. Let’s just roll with it.” Besides taking a toll on your mental and emotional well being, worrying can damage your physical health too. You can literally lose sleep over things you worry about Sleep is one of my favorite things to do, as a lazy procrastinator. I enjoy my sleep. And I don’t want to sacrifice a single minute of it “worrying” about shit that frankly doesn’t matter. Lack of sleep not only makes me a cranky asshole, but can also lead to a plethora of physical problems like heart disease. Furthermore, research has shown that when you worry, your body increases its cortisol levels (lack of sleep aside), which weakens your immune system. That basically just means you become a target for germs and probably why people who worry about getting sick wind up getting sick the most often (or so it seems from anecdotal evidence. Most of the “germaphobes” I know are sick in bed a lot more than those who aren’t so fearful) But if decreasing your body’s natural defense system isn’t enough, research has also found that there’s a strong correlation between cortisol and diabetes, osteoporosis, and heart disease and the lack of sleep just augments that risk even further. You can quite literally “worry yourself to death”. Furthermore, worrying induces high stress levels which can lead to serious mental illnesses like depression, bipolar disorder, and panic attacks. It can make you crazy then kill you, basically. Overall, Worrying makes your life a lot harder and more complex than it needs to be. A Swedish Proverb says: ”Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.” Take it easy. Just say “Meh” Remember, Honey badger Don’t Care. The less you care, the happier you’ll be. Achieve the attitude of NGASF. Not Giving A Single Fuck. Lay on back and embrace your inner sloth. The sloth doesn’t “worry” about how long it’ll take to climb back up a tree or how hard ti’ll be if he falls, nah. He just sleeps ‘til he feels like doing it, then takes his slow ass time when he does. You cannot control whether or not you have to take a piss, but you can control your decision in whether or not you are going to swim in it You cannot control whether or not bad things happen to you. But you can control your decision in whether or not you are going to wallow in it. Don’t jump in the toilet and swim in your own piss. Just relax, man. - N8 t’s summer time and you know what that means…
Girls in bikinis? Guys in speedos? Barbecues and picnics? Slide n' Slides and pool parties? NO. It’s Pokemon Go season! Today i want to talk about how to make money playing Pokemon Go. But before we get into that, I want to dive into how much this game has really changed since its launch, because for a lot of people, Pokemon Go was some sort of fad for about a month back in 2016. What a time to be alive! Everyone and their mother (literally) was walking around, filling up their Pokedex. It’s like we all forgot our worries and our differences and just wanted to get together and catch virtual creatures. If someone asks if I believe world peace is possible, I say look no further than that summer. People embraced the Lazy Mindset, and said “I don’t care, man, I just wanna catch Pokemon” While Pokemon Go is no where near the level of popularity it had upon its initial release, it’s still maintained quite a cult following and dedicated playerbase. People are still actively playing it, believe it or not, and if you are one of those people, you understand why. The main features that still make Pokemon Go worth playing today are: Raids, trading, events, buddies, more generations and actual functioning servers. First of all, we have raids, which are basically giant Pokemon boss battles for rare and of course Legendary Pokemon. You get a team of other players together and fight something like a Mewtwo or Gyrados and once you defeat it, you get a chance to catch it. Raid battles hatch in these giant eggs at gyms. There are groups on Facebook and Discord chats of local players where they communicate with each other about what’s spawning and where and who’s interested in going. Now the raids didn’t “technically” replace the gym battle system, although to be frank they kinda freaking did, because what they did do is rework it entirely. The new gym battle system (rework) made the game less of a “turf war” and more of a “fight for the catch bonus before the raid spawns” because whatever (color) team owns the gym when a Raid boss spawns will gain extra balls (chances) to try and capture it. Although usually this bonus isn’t very much anyway and it’s really not worth fighting over, especially considering defenders (the Pokemon holding a spot in the gym) have a HUGE advantage now over the attackers with the OP Golden Razzberries, which heals Pokemon to full health with just one click. Oh and unlike how before when you would “capture and hold” a gym spot for days or weeks at a time,since ya know, it was a cool little turf war, now you just need to take it over for a few hours to earn your coins There’s a maximum amount of coins you can earn from a gym each time you put a Pokemon in there, so now there’s literally no point in holding down a gym. Also, your Pokemon starts dying (over time) the longer it is in a gym and you need to feed it berries Previously, in order to defend a gym, you had to “train” on it by fighting with your own Pokemon and would unlock new spots as you “level up” the gym. They wouldn’t lose health or stats over time while sitting there. You could unlock up to 10 spots. Now there are 6 spots permanently and they don’t need to be trained or unlocked to access them. Anyone, even noob players can throw in Gyms used to be end game content, reserved for top high level players, but now pretty much anyone who downloads the app can get a spot in the gym. Well, once they reach level 5, which is pretty much within the first hour of game play. Previously, before the gym rework, it was more of an actual battle for the gym, not a “hope to god they run outta berries” type thing. I mean there is a limit of 10 berries each player can use per hour but again, Golden has waaaay too much healing power! Frankly, I prefer the old system in terms of competition. In my local PoGo community, there were literal “peace treaties”and negotiations, involving “real world trade”. One guy for example who worked for a nameless cable company offered one of my buddies free cable with premium channels to not attack any of “his” gyms. Between actual treaties, late night missions to conquer the enemy, the game was basically “Poke War” and it was freaking EPIC. I mean yeah I do think the old system needed some tweaks. Like uhh, fighting against a wall of ten Blisseys (super high health that took forever to kill) is in no way good game design. That was unbalanced for sure. There should have been a one Pokemon name per gym rule in place. That was long overdue and a welcome rule in the new system. Also only being able to use ONE (attack)Pokemon against the whole gym was kind of shitty. But the fix was not to destroy what made it fun entirely. To be fair though, this type of game play was NOT for everyone, hence why a lot of people quit, if they didn't already give up due to the excessive lagg and server crashes. This new gym battle system is very noob-friendly and approachable. Maybe even too noob friendly. No actually, definitely too noob friendly. It's become more of a fun party game than its strategic augmented reality turf war roots. The problem I have with it, is that it completely deletes end game content and compelling competitive gameplay. One could argue that new “end game” is raids. But honestly get about 8 or so level 35+ players and you can pretty much take down any raid. You could easily be level 5 (the lowest level possible to access gyms) and get away with leeching off those high level players. Nothing prevents you from doing so.There’s no minimum level to join a raid of any tier. You can literally join the highest tier level raid as a noob. You couldn’t leech in the old system. You had to actually be decent. That and you can’t gain as many gold coins (premium currency) per day now as you could in the old system. In general, no one really cares about teams much any more and it has become a co-operative experience more so than a competitive one. I used to despise team Mystic, but now it’s just like “hey, I don’t care what team you’re on. Let’s fight this Dragonite together” I don’t want to sound like I’m just complaining about how things are’t how they were “back in the day”. I mean, I like it for what it is. It just...scratches a different sort of itch.. if you get what I’m saying. It was a highly competitive game, but now it’s highly co-operative one. The gears have shifted completely. It’s like you were playing RISK and now you’re playing Telestrations. That said, it’s really good at what it does now. Throw in trading and community events into the mix and you’ve got yourself the perfect GPS co-op game. Gone is the harsh competitive environment. Gone is the endless turf war. Gone is the bragging rights of owning “x” amount of gyms But that kind of fits the Family-friendly” vibe Nintendo usually aims for. The competitive side has kind of shifted towards something that reminds me of Topps collectible cards, in terms of just “looking cool” rather than being good at the game. Like: “Who can get the most shinies?” (Shiny Pokemon are just cosmetic re-colorings of Pokemon) or…”Who can get the most 100% IVs?” (IV, which does actually effect combat stats ,doesn’t really much matter in the scheme of things because like I said: gym battling is dead) It’s really just a “Show off your collection” sort of thing or “get the highest xp”endeavor. It’s a numbers and cosmetics game, in terms of competition and there are simply better games out there to compete for cosmetics and numbers. But in terms of co-op, PoGo is solid. I don’t want to just glaze over the new community events. They’re important. Because if you played PoGo on its launch you’ll remember there were two -- Two Pokemon in the whole game. Rattata and Pidgey. That’s it. It may seem like I’m exaggerating, but literally over 90% of the spawns were one of these two in the beginning. Now they kind of mix it up every few weeks by featuring a specific “type” of Pokemon or generation (that’s another thing - they added hundreds of new Mons with all the new generations). Right now, for example, they have Snorlax spawning more often in a sleeping position. They also, get this, actually decreased the spawn rate of rattata and pidgey. In addition to mixing up the spawns, each month they have a “Community Day” where they feature a specific Pokemon for 3 hours on a specific date (usually a Saturday or Sunday). It’s amazing how many people show up to these events, even if the freezing cold, snowy Northeast temperatures. This upcoming Saturday, by the way, I’m completely stoked! It’s Slakoth Community Day on Pokemon Go. Slaking (his final form) is my spirit animal. The event starts at 3 in the afternoon. So I will be sleeping until 3 in the afternoon in preparation. Anyway, that was a round about way of saying: yes, Pokemon Go is still worth playing in *insert current year* (at least once a month anyway) And since it is entertaining and worth playing, and I’m all about making money doing things I enjoy with as little effort as possible, let’s get into how to turn playing Pokemon Go into not only a fun co-op experience but a profitable one as well. Your Steps Are Worth Moola When you’re playing Pokemon Go, you’re going to be taking a lot of steps, assuming you’re not cheating by spoofing, of course. Which by the way is just stupid. The whole thing is about getting outside and exploring and meeting up with people. It gamifies face to face social interaction and exercising. Like Pokemon Go, as a game where you’re NOT going outside and going to places is fucking boring. As a matter of fact, IF Pokemon Go did not have a GPS multiplayer aspect to it, I wouldn’t play. The gameplay doesn’t hold up on it’s own, but the community aspect does. It’s like...fishing. Probably one of the most boring things you can do on the planet. But you don’t go fishing to actually...go fishing. You go fishing to sit out on the lake and drink a cold case of beer with your buddy and not have to talk about anything. Seriously, like what’s the most boring part about Final Fantasy XV or Zelda? The fucking fishing. (Says the man who's first 99 in Runescape was fishing.) I mean, ethical issues of cheating aside, by removing the physical act of actually meeting up with people, you remove the quintessential aspect of the game that makes it uh...actually worth playing. PokemonGo, like fishing, is an excuse to get together with your friends and meet new people, not an actual fun thing to do. And that's why it's mostly adults that play now. The kids aren't really playing it (unless their parents drag them along). It's an excuse for adults to get together and make new friends, because let's face it, adulting friendships are hard. Despite the fact PoGo is intended for kids, it's literally mostly people who are at least in their 20s and up. As a kid, you're just sort of thrown into a building with literally hundreds of people around the same age as you for hours at a time. As an adult, you don't get that sort of opportunity and PoGo fills that void. Anyway, these steps you take while playing on Pokemon Go have some value to them See, exercise is apparently a healthy to do. I don’t know. I don’t care. But other people seem to, specifically companies that want to promote “healthy living”. Okay cool, I’m not that healthy I spend most my day on the couch playing video games or watching movies. My diet consists of mostly pizza and soda. The main food groups. The point I’m getting at is when I do actually get off the couch, I want it to be worth the effort. I want it to be rewarding, either with entertainment or financial incentive, and when I can get both at the same time, then sign me right the fuck up. These companies out there pay you for “living healthy” by taking steps, aka, playing Pokemon Go. Little do they know you’re only getting up to capture Slakoths anbd Snorlaxes before going back to bed and spending the rest of your day as a Slaking. Get Paid to Walk: You read that right. There are a plethora of apps out there that will literally pay you for walking (read: playing Pokemon Go). I’ll dive into a full in-depth review and strategy for these apps in the future, but for the purposes of this article we’re just going to cover them here very briefly Lympo You must manually hit “JOIN” a challenge then either Sync with Google Fit or hit START to begin. It does NOT automatically sync your activity/steps until you hit the button to do so. The coins you earn is actually a real crypto coin: LYM, which you can buy on any crypto exchange and store in an Ethereum wallet. So far though, there’s no way to transfer your earned LYM from your wallet in the app to an external wallet to be able to sell it on an exchange from the app. You can redeem Lympo for athletic gear from a store that changes its stock daily. SweatCoin This app is 100% passive (no need to check in or click anything. Just set it and forget it) but is a HUGE battery killer, especially if you turn on “optimization” mode to increase the accuracy. This is pretty much necessary though because otherwise it doesn’t count *most of* your steps. I once walked 2 miles and it only counted a few yards. The rewards are geared towards living a healthy and athletic lifestyle, like smoothie blenders, workout clothes, and running shoes, but these things could be sold online. That requires making a listing and finding a buyer though, which may not be worth all that extra effort. They do have larger prizes like iPads but the amount of Sweatcoins you need is nearly unobtainable, even for a marathon runner, yet alone a casual Pokemon walker. Like Lympo, Sweatcoin has a different stock of prizes daily, andfollow an athletic theme. The extra battery drain can be a deal breaker, unless you’re using a powerbank, which if you’re any level of a serious player in PoGo (or mobile gaming in general), you already have. And in case you don’t, and aren’t sure what to look for: go for the big heavy one like the Anker PowerCore+ 20100 USB-C. That thing is a freaking powerhouse and it can last a few days on one charge, worth 6+ hours of play time while charging my One Plus 5T each day. I use the same portable charger to power my Nintendo Switch on the go and it’ll more than double the battery life of that baby. LifeCoin A lot like SweatCoin with a built-in pedometer and 100% passive, but also takes a toll on your battery life. The rewards expand beyond just athletic stuff though and opens the doors to gift cards to places such as eBay, Spotify, and Netflix WinWalk Steps are tracked automatically, so you don’t have to open the app and START a run or anything. You must manually collect your coins and watch an ad (in full) in order to actually add points to your account though. This must be done once per day, otherwise the points are forfeited and you get NOTHING! There are gift card rewards and not just athletic gear. Achievement You can sync with lots fitness apps and earn rewards including gift cards What to sync? Now in terms of choosing which app to use to sync your activity, you can use whatever your favorite one is, me personally, though, I recommend Google Fit because it uses the pedometer on your phone to *automatically* track your steps and there’s no need to buy an extra peripheral like smartwatch or fitness tracker. You don’t have to boot up anything yourself (it boots automatically with start up). You don’t have to click “START” to begin a new run or work out. Other apps that Achivement syncs with like RunKeeper, for example, require you to manually hit START before it tracks your time/distance/steps, which is just an extra step to remember to do. By the way, as a matter of transparency, the links are in fact affiliate/referral links and I do receive a bit of incentive/commision for sharing them. I do hope you choose to use my affiliate link to help support my content. Walgreen Balance Rewards While it does sync with multiple apps, this requires *manually* entering your activity (beginning a run, etc.) There is no auto option to automatically sync activity You can only redeem for Walgreen gift cards and nothing else. I mean, makes sense, since it’s well -- Walgreens app. GO Sell Your Pokemon on the Black Market In addition to earning a few pennies for your steps while out traveling across the land, searching far and wide, it is also possible to make money selling the mons you catch. Disclaimer: I’m not saying I do this. I’m not even saying it’s right or justifying it. I am saying, for education purposes, that it is indeed possible to do this. Shinies and Legendaries are highly valuable and really the only thing worth selling/trading. High IVs don’t matter in trades because RNG applies to the IV when a Mon is traded. The IV is re-rolled and that rare 100% Electrabuzz you had could now be shit. There is a limit to just one “special” trade per day though. Keep that in mind If you’re going to do this though, I recommend that you use a secondary account and phone and perhaps even separate service provider, in order to decrease your chances of getting BANNED. Real World Trade, like in any typical MMORPG is a big NO NO and your account could be banned if you’re caught. So, don’t get caught, right? At the very least, make sure your username in PoGo is way different than your username in whatever site. Don’t make yourself traceable. Don’t literally hand people the Silph Scope. Now, where to sell? Player Auctions This is like an eBay of sorts but for gaming. The link provided goes directly to the PokemonGo page, where you can sell your shinies or legendaries. You could also straight up sell accounts if you’re bored and wanna start from the beginning, raising the account to a high level. It probably won’t really be “sellable” until at least 35+ which can be quite a grind from level 1. G2G Not many trades happening on this site, but you can “farm” candies and Pokestops for people, offering your Pogo playing as a “boosting service”. I mena if you’re enjoying the game, hey, why not? Owned Core Forums This is a forum thread where players post their buying/selling offers for Pokemon Go accounts. Search Discord & Facebook Groups Check social media for people trading PokemonGo and see if anyone is open to paying money for a trade. “I’ll give you a shiny magikarp adn you give me whatever.” Some of them straight up offer money from the get-go Be careful using your real profile here. It’s not a good idea to attach your real name and photo to sketchy business. Just like putting your hideout behind a poster in a casino isn’t a good idea either. Again, technically selling items for RWT is against the rules, so it’s best not to attach your real profile to such schemes. That’s like the drug dealers who pose with their drugs and use their real names and addresses. I mean just because there’s a supply/demand for it doesn’t mean it won’t get you banned from society or the game, in this case. Ironic how greedy Niantic can get (like the government) with their special packages, but then get all mad when you try just to make a few bucks. With any of these game trading sites or resources, always be careful with who you’re dealing with. Do your research and look at their reputation. Play it smart and remember if a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Set boundaries and know when to walk away. By the way, when making money with Pokemon Go, iIt is possible to skip the whole walking part and just spoof.You could even skip the catching part and just bot. But only do that if you want to join Team Rocket. Anyway, happy hunting! I got some Zs to catch. Take it easy, -N8 |
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