MAT DO @ItsMatDo

I left the 9-5 to pursue meaning, writing, and solopreneurship. Welcome to my public journal. thematdo.com start here → Joined January 2023

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MAT DO @ItsMatDo

5 months ago

When you change for the better, particularly when it's visible - new style, new body, renewed outlook on life - it is often the case that you'll be met with mixed feelings by those closest to you. There's this weird apprehension knowing the boy or girl you've known for years, perhaps even grown up with, is changing into something you can't recognize. They want to feel good for you, but they also don't want you to go too far - lest it reveal their own inadequacies.

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6 months ago

Everyone thinks the people who make it are just luckier or smarter or born into the right situation. But that's not what you see up close. What you actually see is someone who fixed a problem nobody asked them to fix. Who stayed when every reasonable person would have left. Who went back to being a complete beginner after already winning. Who said the same thing seventeen different ways until one of them finally landed. It was never luck. It was just someone who refused to stop doing the thing until the thing worked. And then everyone called it luck.

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6 months ago

Every so often, disappear from politics, social media, gaming, anime, weed, alcohol, drama, porn, TikTok, streams, and podcasts—and just sit in your silence. The inability to let your mind settle and wander is why you're always anxious.

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6 months ago

Life rule: If your personal wins elicit envy over joy, you might need to surround yourself with different people.

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6 months ago

In an age where anyone with a social media account can market themselves to millions of strangers, learning basic marketing goes a long way. The best part is there's practically zero barrier to entry.

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6 months ago

Sometimes you need a terrifying goal to humble the arrogance that comes from being comfortable for too long.

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6 months ago

Writing is a life hack: Outlining teaches you how to plan and organize yourself. Drafting teaches you how to let go of perfection and produce. Editing teaches you how to refine and remove the unnecessary. The impact this small habit can have on your life is immeasurable.

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6 months ago

You either fear no one is going to read your stuff, or you guarantee it by never posting. There is no third option.

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6 months ago

I worried about other opinions before I even wrote my first post. I worried about scaling before I even made my first dollar. I worried about failure before even trying. We plague ourselves with worry when the answer is and always will be to just fucking start.

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6 months ago

Beginner hell is reserved for those who fail to reflect, review, and readjust their approach. Trusting the process is one thing, doing the same thing and expecting different results is another. There’s a fine line between discipline and sheer stubbornness.

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6 months ago

The reason most men don't show emotion is because most men have been through a "never again" moment where their weakness was used against them. Behind every unemotional man is someone who understands that crying about their problems doesn't fix them. Action does.

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MAT DO @ItsMatDo

6 months ago

Roof. Running water. Clean air. Clothes. Food on the table. Four limbs. Five senses. Whenever I'm having a bad day, I try to remind myself: It could be worse.

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6 months ago

If you’re focused, driven, and have insane work ethic, never let average people shame you for not being average. It’s always those with low standards who try to dictate yours - because you remind them of everything they gave up on.

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6 months ago

Over time, you begin to realize that repeating the boring fundamentals day in and day out is actually what makes life exciting and deeply fulfilling.

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6 months ago

Before you label yourself depressed, lonely, anxious, or unlucky—consider the possibility that you just might be in a shitty situation, and that situations are temporary.

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6 months ago

The fact that nobody cares is the reason you should start that thing you've been thinking about nonstop. The conditions could not be any more perfect.

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6 months ago

Change is easy. It's the second, third, fourth, and fifth day that are hard. Anyone can get a hit of motivation - just look at gym's every new year. Few can actually commit. That's why exceptional people are the exception.

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MAT DO @ItsMatDo

6 months ago

One like. One comment. One view. One subscriber. One client. No matter how behind you think you are, it's still one more than whatever sitting on your ass would've accomplished.

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6 months ago

Adopt a worldview Adopt a business model Adopt a life philosophy Even if they're wrong at first, you have something to work with. Because if you don't, you will live, breathe, and defend ideas that never belonged to you.

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MAT DO @ItsMatDo

6 months ago

When you realize the average person can only concentrate for about 4 hours a day, you start respecting your time, energy, and attention a hell of a lot more than you currently are.