Though, I've changed a lot in recent years in how outgoing I am, I wasn't always, and at time still am not, keen to be that social with a lot of people. I just find it more satisfying to enjoy that which I already have and slowly develop new friendships. Because of this I seem, on the surface, like a pretty simple, no frills person. Yet to the surprise of many, I've never been what you'd call a normal kid, which some people would be surprised to hear.
I've always been interested in thousands of things, and rarely do they ever sound remotely similar or even in the same universe of interests. I've played basketball all my life, yet I was the only one on my team even close to the top 5% of my class (I was top 3%, otherwise I wouldn't have made it into business school). I loved math and science and was always in the more advanced classes. The same goes for my other classes, though I never really cared for English, just cruised along in the GT classes, which "harvested the seeds of our creativity" rather than focus on the simple traditional grammar and spelling ridiculousness. I.E. We got to make art and have fun. I loved those classes. The writing, not so much.
I've picked up different interests from the large amounts of groups I've been part of. People see you a certain way by the cliques you take part in, but I was in so many I really don't know what people thought of me. I was in the smart kids clique, the trouble makers clique (something I left behind in middle school but still hold dear to my heart), and the athletes clique, among others. Being on the basketball team, I picked up hip hop culture and started listening to rap in 9th grade. It's now my favorite music, though just coming into high school I was probably viewed was one of the most conservative, boring guys around the court. I picked up creativity from all my peers in advanced classes. It's truly been an honor to be around those people. I can only imagine the dreams they will accomplish and how they will change the world.
Until my senior year in high school, I had always just picked up random interests from wherever they came, but that year, I decided I was going to actually work to grow. It's one thing to just let yourself be yourself, its another to take the initiative to improve upon that which you already are. As I said before, I wasn't always the most social. I had never had a girlfriend, pretty much out of choice. Senior year I had 3. I was more loose social, more open and transparent with myself, and an all around more easy going guy. It was the best thing I've done my whole life and has allowed me to change in far more ways than I could imagine.
The social aspect of my life was the main focus for 2007 and 2008, but coming into 2009, I have become interested almost to an obsession with personal development and self growth. Just for a little background, before this year, I picked up a lot of oddball interests and skills. Rubik's cube speed solving, memorizing triple digits of pi, among others. It's these kinds of things that make me who I am. Underneath my boring facade, I'm pretty ridiculous and out there. Outgoing would be an understatement. I pretty much do everything and anything. Back on subject, though.
I have never made New Year's Resolutions, but as some of you have seen, I made a rather long list for 2009 and so far, have worked hard to chip into it. And it is here that I lead into the message of this blog.
Around January 20th, I started on my trek to become a polyphasic sleeper, taking 6 naps a day for 30 minutes. Mistakes galore have occurred and the whole thing is taking much longer than is necessary. With self growth, though, there must be dedication. If you don't want it, you won't get it. I want it, and I will not settle ending short of my goal.
Recently, however, I was introduced to one of the most inspirational bloggers I've come across, Nicholas Powiull of Conscious Flex. What he has spoken has truly cleared my view of what I seek to accomplish.
Nicholas doesn't just believe you can achieve anything you set your mind to. Most people only take this so far. They don't truly believe ANYTHING is possible. Nicholas does. By unlocking the power of the mind, you CAN achieve anything. So often do scientists try and define the world around us, only to be disproved later on. Whether it be years, decades, or centuries later, some of the most popular beliefs have been shown to be far from the truth. We still today do not understand space, time, and gravity. And in more relevance to know, we don't know the actual function of sleep, nor that it is actually necessary. Theories abound, but we still do not know.
People fight me every day on what I am trying to do. "You must stop, you're going to kill yourself." Really? How do you know this? "Sleep is absolutely necessary!" Has it been proven? I get these questions left and right, but people cannot see through the surface of the world. They see the physical world and think thats all there is, but they do not understand how the world, nor the human mind works. They simply assume that because it seems impossible that it must be impossible.
In order to grow, you must get past this fact. The world is not as simple as you think. You CAN achieve the unthinkable. As of Friday, I am now attempting Powiull sleep, a cycle that Nicholas has proven to not only work but generate amazing results and success in improving the human body in alertness and health. What this involves, roughly, is sleeping 15-30 minutes every 12 hours. He has even at times gone 24 hours without sleeping without a hitch. He attributes this to unlocking the power of the subconscious. All this can be found on his blog. I encourage you to read it.
I challenge you to let go of the assumptions you have of the world around you. Allow yourself to truly believe that anything is possible if you set your mind to it. Once you do that, there is nothing that you can't accomplish to better define who you really are. There is only one of you, so make it the best it can be.
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