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Just as a side note, what a sad time to live in, where everyone is beset with paranoia of one kind or another (whether fear of viral infection, or fear of government control). My advice to anyone who is sick of living in fear like this: find a way to build a life of heroic action for yourself, where you are constantly taking steps to perform deeds that are great or that lead you toward greatness, and shut out the paranoia of those timid souls too fearful to do anything other than cower in the dark, shuddering, waiting helplessly for the shadow of the predator they fear to fall upon them.
Actually, I began doing this since the beginning of the pandemic, While Romania was in a 2 month lockdown. I got up on a bridge near my parent's house and began planning, because I knew that these kinds of events are rare, huge events from which one can profit. Here is what I did so far?
- Increased my savings account size almost three-fold;
- Began studying Python more seriously. Built a website with Python backend as a home project;
- Found a girlfriend;
- Began learning Dutch on Duolingo (I shall finish the course on February 28th, 2022)
- Wrote all the course books for what I am teaching at the university
- Began investing in Crypto, mutual funds and stocks;
- Began freelancing two weeks ago;
- Travelled far and wide throughout the country and in Bulgaria.
So far, the effort is paying off. My investments are increasing in value, it is far easier for me to teach now, with written course books (we teach online again), the relationship with my girlfriend is going great (and it would been greater, if it weren't for super high fears caused by both the virus and the vaccine) and I began receiving orders on Fiverr (and money), thing that surprised me because I was expecting a long drought until I get some social proof. And I cannot help noticing the look on other's faces when I tell them that the lockdown was one of the best times of my life.
On the other hand, I remembered that many years ago I read a book. It's called The Mental Game of Poker, written by Jared Tendler. A sentence that stuck to me was that tilt doesn't cause flaws in thinking, tilt reveals them. Which makes me wonder if this entire situation actually reveals that people are generally afraid, rather than causing this panic.
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