Redesign. Rebuild.

Everyday waking up is like a self evaluation day for me. I’m a very analytical person, specifically when it comes to how things around us motivate, excite, and even depress us as a society.

I consider myself a student of psychology, not because I’m pursuing any kind of degree or anything but because I drown myself in literature and conversations about the subject. I have a long way to go before I can call myself any kind of expert but what I have learned in my journey to be able to speak on the subject is this; we’re so in love with our flaws.

Maybe I’m being a bit facetious with that theory but I do think it’s something that we spend so much time thinking and dwelling on. We’re right in the middle of a time when people who have loud voices in our society are preaching about ‘self-awareness’; really understanding who we are, our strengths and weakness and coming to grips with them.

For the record, I’m fully on board with the self-awareness campaign but I also think there is room for something else that I honestly feel is just as important; the ability and courage to redesign and rebuild where we may fall short (for whatever reason).

Let me be more clear, I truly believe that sometimes our minds (as well as bodies, finances, relationships) aren’t in the right places to achieve the things we say we want to achieve. I fear that as people become more in tune with themselves they’ll write themselves off in what is really possible if they’re just not good at it initially, what if a subtle change to ones own thinking, preparation and design is the difference between success and failure(?).

But this isn’t new right? We’ve been told for decades that practice makes perfect right? But in my opinion the process to redesign and rebuild aren’t even in the same ballpark. If all I wanted to do was be better at something I would practice more. If I wanted to make more money at my job I would work more hours (or ask for a raise, etc).

I use the term redesign metaphorically to articulate my idea of remapping your mind; changing how you approach your everyday problems and/or repopulating the solutions you’ve grown accustomed to. Rebuilding is simply the hustle, the dedication, and the grind.

So I guess the only remaining question is how do you even start the process of redesigning(?) and I’m definitely going to cover that in detail but I felt it was important for myself to articulate my own thoughts in written form.

This is something that means alot to me, I struggled for awhile trying to understand why my ambition wasn’t being met with the success I was scratching and clawing for. It took me realizing mentally I wasn’t at peace and no matter how hard I “hustled” I wasn’t looking at my problems the right way, I couldn’t see the correct solutions because of it.

Maybe someone else could summarize the bigger picture and overall theory better than I did, or maybe you just disagree with everything I’ve said…I’m fine with both.