(new) personal principles

Author: futurisold

about.md

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 **Leo** here.
 Perhaps just a craftsman embracing a dream.
 
+Below is a collection of things I _believe_ in. The list might shrink or grow as I learn more.
+1. Always invert. Happiness is a slippery target, so flip the problem: learn the art of not-being-miserable.
+2. Life is a colossal constraint-optimization problem, enacted solely in the local theater of your subjective experience.
+3. Attention is the first domino. It is the foundational currency of experience, so be intentional and ruthless in its allocation.
+4. I trust the craft practiced while ecstatic, grieving, wired, bored, or half-asleep; if you're tired, do it tired. Mastery that survives mood swings is the only mastery.
+5. Repetition seldom makes things easier; it makes you tougher.
+6. We forget almost everything—yesterday already fades—so radical presence is not luxury but necessity.
+7. Money is collective fiction. The only ground truth is value creation. Focus on causes, not effects.
+8. Time gives no refunds. It is the non-negotiable denominator of your life; value it accordingly.
+9.  The great lie of self-help is that you need motivation to start. The truth is that motivation is an emergent property of action. Deconstruct any problem until you find a step so small it feels trivial, and begin there. Momentum will follow.
+10. You must actively court luck by preparing your mind and increasing your surface area for opportunities; never ignore geography's grip on destiny.
+11. Refuse to die where you were born; expansion is a moral imperative.
+12. The most valuable skills are transferable and abstract. Metacognition, problem-dissection, story-telling—these transfer everywhere.
+13. Metaphysical truths show up for anyone willing to ride a thought-experiment all the way to its unsettling end.
+14. The simulation hypothesis is very much on the menu.
+15. God is an antimeme.
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