This episode of Question This Life is a solo episode with your host.
The theme of this week's show is how important it is to be able to pursue your life goals and passions at a time when millions around the world are unable to do so.
For this episode we're trying something a little bit different. Since being able to join a training session with his Jiu Jitsu team for the first time in 8 months, the host of the shares his thoughts 'Before' and 'After'.
Part 1 | 00:00:00 - 00:36:47 | 'Before' the first training session in 8 months.
Part 2 | 00:36:47 - 01:08:35 | 'After' the first training session in 8 months.
Key topics of discussion in this episode include;
Part 1
- How it has felt not being able to train with the Jiu Jitsu team in the gym for almost 8 months.
- How it feels to be able to slowly start getting back to it currently.
- The impact not seeing a usual community, regular faces instructors and and team members for a long period of time.
- The phenomenon of 'shrinking clothes' when one doesn't keep up with fitness goals.
- The first outdoor comedy show coming up a week from now, announcing a similar 'before' and 'after' episode for that too.
Part 2
- How vital it is in a human life to have passions, and goals in life - and always be able to strive forward to achieve, learn and grow.
- The special kind of motivation you have when following a specific goal - and how Jiu Jitsu specifically provides a very clear path for personal growth and achievement.
- The negative impact of this being limited - and how it feels now being able to get on with it again.
- Feeling exhausted, knackered and fulfilled. How Jiu Jitsu training helps fire up all the positive vibes.
- How Jiu Jitsu keeps stress, depression and sadness at bay, making normal waking life a lot easier and more straight forward.
- The difference between basic fitness training at home + cycling vs a full Jiu Jitsu session.
- What it was like to have the first interaction with some familiar faces.
- Catching up with an old friend from school / university who's very open minded to the alternative theories - and the excellent deep conversations that ensued.
- Sharing with this friend the insights learnt over the last decade, and a number of excellent researchers - for topics like lost ancient high technology, consciousness, our place in the universe and so on.
This is a completely free plug for a wonderful book that will be mentioned many times in this show, having hugely influenced the host at key times in life:
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. Available at: https://stevenpressfield.com
If you haven't already, and you're someone who finds it difficult to make your passions and dreams a reality - do yourself a favour and take the time to read this very digestible summary of the resistant forces that prevent us from living the life we want to live - as well the necessary advice and tools to overcome them.
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