Why I Quit Self-Improvement (And You Should Too)

Self-improvement is a cage. A prison.

You're not growing, you're just following instructions:

• "Wake up early"

• "Take cold showers"

• "Read a book a week"

• "Cut off your old friends"

• "Stop watching movies and listening to music"

By guru-standards you have improved.

But actually you just walked into a prison.

These "good" habits are all limits.

They limit what we can achieve. They limit our potential. They limit us.

They're restricting our lives.

I thought the path of self-improvement would make me free. It didn't.

Instead, it just turned me into a productivity robot:

• Rigid routines

• Social isolation

• "Perfect" sleep schedule

• Always on the lookout for more "improvement"

And while some of these things (like good sleep schedules) aren't inherently bad, they can become dangerous.

By overly pursuing improvement, you kill your inner beast.

No spontaneity.

No joy.

No chaos.

No play.

No fire.

Just the same old self-improvement routines that make you feel kinda dead inside.

So let's just F all that and start:

Lifemaxxing.

The point of life isn't to live like a monk (unless you actually ARE a monk).

It's to live.

To win.

Chasing discipline of disciplines sake? Sounds stupid to me.

Of course get the basics in health, exercise etc. down. But if you're reading this you already have that.

Then WHY TF ARE YOU STILL ON SELF-IMPROVEMENT?

Go off-script:

Stay up all night building something.

Take retarded risks.

Bet everything on yourself.

Go on dangerous adventures.

You have the permission. But you shouldn't need permission. You can give yourself permission to do anything. Stop waiting for the permission of your favorite youtuber.

Start dominating life.

You're a FORCE. Use that.

My point is:

• Get out of your routine

• Break a few habits

• Follow your intuition

Whatever you do, don't let self-improvement restrict your life.

Because that's what it does. (Or at least too much of it)

It sets rules on your life.

But life doesn't care about rules.

It rewards the bold.

That is why I stopped self-improvement.

And started lifemaxxing.