No breath, no life. That’s obvious. But …
Know breath, know life - that is less obvious to people (yet equally true).
Yes, just as whether you are breathing defines whether you are alive
How you are breathing defines how you life
You can be eating right, exercising right, even meditating regularly. But if you have not learnt how to optimize your own breathing, you have not yet learnt how to optimize life itself.
I was fortunate enough to discover this by accident at age 30. A friend suggested I went along to a breathing course. Like a smart-alec I thought “I already know how to breathe, what’s the point?” but I went anyway out of curiosity.
What followed showed me that I knew how to breathe to survive, but not to thrive. And as a result, I was needlessly living with a lot of more stresses and a lot less freedom than I could have been
I was so amazed by the difference I felt, I decided then I wanted to teach it to others, so they didn’t have to wait as long as I did to find out how to optimize the conditions for life itself.
If you’re curious (you're a Bitcoiner, of course you are!) to find out more firsthand, the next step is DYOR. No, not by reading a book: by experiencing it.
Your breath is an asset that everyone can self-custody without permission. But it does initially take a little training to use it optimally.
So DYOR step entails coming along to an intro session which I’m running (online) this Friday 7pm PDT.
You’ll pick up a simple technique you can use to calm the mind during the day, more knowledge about the breath, and clear next steps if you want to deepen the extent to which you optimize your breath and therefore your life.
Anyone can come. Just drop me a message or comment below.
I will then send you the link, and you can get started in applying this to your life.
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That's 3 pretty important things that you miss out on when you rush to escape boredom! When you constantly fill every spare moment with scrolling, podcasts, or video, you suppress the DMN.
2. It Fosters "Divergent Thinking"
Creativity isn't just about having ideas; it's about having novel and useful ideas, it's about generating many different solutions to a problem.
Studies have shown that participants who were first made to perform a boring task (like reading a phone book) subsequently performed better on creative tasks than those who were not bored.
This is because boredom creates an "aversive state. Your brain is unsatisfied with the current low level of stimulation. To escape this state, it starts explore internal thoughts, leading to more original, imaginative outcomes
3. It Builds Tolerance for Uncomfortable Feelings
Our modern reflex to reach for a phone at the slightest trace of boredom is a form of avoidance.
Constant distraction prevents us from learning to sit with mild discomfort. This can lower our overall threshold for frustration and make you more impulsive
Allowing yourself to be bored is a gentle exercise in mindfulness and emotional regulation. You learn that the feeling "I need to be stimulated right now" will pass and that uou don't need an external device to manage your internal state. This builds mental resilience
4. It Leads to Authentic Motivation
Boredom is your brain telling you, "What I'm doing is not that meaningful or engaging."
This feeling motivates you to seek out a more challenging activities. It might push you to finally start that habit, call a friend, or just get off your butt and go outside. This is motivation born is your true inner motivation, not the external motivation of someone else's algorithm.
I guess what it comes down to is "do you want to outsource your motivation to a tech company?"
How to "Practice" productive boredom:
Delete social media and games from your home screen ( makes accessing them an intentional act)
Embrace "Micro-Boredom": Instead of pulling out your phone while in a line, just wait. Let your mind wander.
Schedule Unstructured Time: Literally put "time with self" in your calendar
Boredom is not an emptiness to be urgently filled. It is an invitation to increase your self-awareness, creativity, and intrinsic motivation.
By rushing to fill the gap, you rob your mind of one of its most vital functions: the power to simply be with yourself. 
Once Sovereign Funds, Pension Funds and Family Offices start allocating in earnest, then the real needle-moving stuff starts happening on the financial side.
We are still so early.
