An alternative to self-improvement.

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Modern self-improvement is a great start, but as time passes, it is veering further into nihilistic and narcissistic territory. If you're doing the basics, but you still feel lost, purposeless, or without direction, self-authentication can serve as a more integrated and personalised practice/way of life.

Self-authentication focuses on the development of skills, virtues, and character traits, not on their external manifestations.

They say 'the good shit sticks', and self-authentication is the culmination of everything that has stuck with me throughout my 4-year journey of bettering myself and achieving my dream life as a byproduct. I based much of this on the work of Jordan Peterson, John Vervaeke, and Iain McGilchrist, three scientists on the front lines of the meaning crisis, as well as the work of many of the ancient stoic philosophers and some other sources.

I will follow up with future videos focused on each of the individual elements of the practice, but this video is an introduction, and should get the conversation going, while providing enough information that you can get started today.

Self-authentication should provide you with not only the 'things' you want in the long run but also move you towards a greater sense of meaning in life.

Channel overview:

A few years ago, I was stuck in bed, hating the universe for subjecting me to the 'sick and twisted game of life' without my consent. I was pathetic.

It was only after I realized something very important that things began getting better... life didn't suck; I did.
In the absence of friction, my mind was conjuring its own, so life was hard, yes, but it didn't have to be. The suffering was unnecessary. After a few years of incremental progress, I'm having the time of my life. I've never been in better shape, my mind has never been sharper, I've never experienced so much happiness, and it's all rooted in a deep sense of meaning that was once absent.

I had to shake myself of lots of old beliefs and patterns to get to where I am, and I believe there are millions of other people who feel stuck and could learn from my mistakes. So that's why I'm starting this channel: to share some of the insights that formed the foundation of the psychological habitat I now occupy.

I don't know exactly how the channel will develop but I'm going to start by posting my raw ideas as that's the only thing I can consistently do at this point in time.

I hope it helps!

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