Comments on: The No B.S. Guide To Designing Your Own Life http://www.corbettbarr.com/the-no-bs-guide-to-designing-your-own-life Rewrite the Rules Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:13:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Be All that You Can Be http://www.corbettbarr.com/the-no-bs-guide-to-designing-your-own-life#comment-358 Be All that You Can Be Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:57:16 +0000 http://www.freepursuits.com/?p=1742#comment-358 [...] boat. We all want to be special and unique. We all want to achieve our dreams. The danger is to confuse our dreams with those of our peers. The danger is to measure our success on the experiences that we’ve had rather than on the values [...] [...] boat. We all want to be special and unique. We all want to achieve our dreams. The danger is to confuse our dreams with those of our peers. The danger is to measure our success on the experiences that we’ve had rather than on the values [...]

]]> By: Sameer http://www.corbettbarr.com/the-no-bs-guide-to-designing-your-own-life#comment-357 Sameer Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:42:53 +0000 http://www.freepursuits.com/?p=1742#comment-357 Derek, I think all the things you say about the real nature of life are true, but I'm not sure one can ascribe such intentionality to "the system". That is, there isn't some Borg-like System that "wants" to keep us down; there are an interlocking web of people and institutions, each with their own assumptions, incentives, and beliefs, and it's really hard for any one actor to break out of that because those are mutually reinforcing. Just feel like thinking along the lines of "the system is trying to propagandize people and keep them in terror!!!" fuels anger that isn't all that necessary. I just recently started getting into lifestyle design, but it seems to me that once I move closer to the unconventional lifestyle that is right for me, I'd rather interact with conventional people in a spirit of love, or at worst pity, rather than anger. Derek,

I think all the things you say about the real nature of life are true, but I’m not sure one can ascribe such intentionality to “the system”. That is, there isn’t some Borg-like System that “wants” to keep us down; there are an interlocking web of people and institutions, each with their own assumptions, incentives, and beliefs, and it’s really hard for any one actor to break out of that because those are mutually reinforcing. Just feel like thinking along the lines of “the system is trying to propagandize people and keep them in terror!!!” fuels anger that isn’t all that necessary.

I just recently started getting into lifestyle design, but it seems to me that once I move closer to the unconventional lifestyle that is right for me, I’d rather interact with conventional people in a spirit of love, or at worst pity, rather than anger.

]]> By: jforestphotos http://www.corbettbarr.com/the-no-bs-guide-to-designing-your-own-life#comment-356 jforestphotos Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:02:22 +0000 http://www.freepursuits.com/?p=1742#comment-356 I think my favorite advice from this is: "Seek out your heroes and listen to them. Everyone else is a distraction." That is fantastic advice for me, I need to work on this more. I have plenty of friends who think this side gig I'm pursuing is just a pipe dream. It's easy to get into a funk and think "This will never work, everyone says it will not work, they must be right." I have to consciously remind myself that following the crowd won't get me ahead. Following the crowd is probably the worst thing I could do. Great article! I think my favorite advice from this is:

“Seek out your heroes and listen to them. Everyone else is a distraction.”

That is fantastic advice for me, I need to work on this more. I have plenty of friends who think this side gig I’m pursuing is just a pipe dream. It’s easy to get into a funk and think “This will never work, everyone says it will not work, they must be right.” I have to consciously remind myself that following the crowd won’t get me ahead. Following the crowd is probably the worst thing I could do.

Great article!

]]> By: Gary http://www.corbettbarr.com/the-no-bs-guide-to-designing-your-own-life#comment-355 Gary Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:03:44 +0000 http://www.freepursuits.com/?p=1742#comment-355 That was one inspiring article. Makes me realize just how much of my life choices have been conditioned by others. Mediocrity describes most of my waking hours. I've bought into the 'happiness by job security' ideology and it is sickening to the soul. The biggest question that I really need to answer right now is, "What do I want?" Thanks for helping me see that I must begin to take that question seriously. That was one inspiring article. Makes me realize just how much of my life choices have been conditioned by others. Mediocrity describes most of my waking hours. I’ve bought into the ‘happiness by job security’ ideology and it is sickening to the soul. The biggest question that I really need to answer right now is, “What do I want?” Thanks for helping me see that I must begin to take that question seriously.

]]> By: Erin http://www.corbettbarr.com/the-no-bs-guide-to-designing-your-own-life#comment-354 Erin Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:25:13 +0000 http://www.freepursuits.com/?p=1742#comment-354 Hi Derek, How safe is it for a single woman to travel and stay in Columbia? I love traveling by myself. I have the freedom to change my plans, and I also have the freedom to stop for a while if I need to. I would love to know more about living in a different places inexpensively. I am glad to have found this web site. Hi Derek,

How safe is it for a single woman to travel and stay in Columbia? I love traveling by myself. I have the freedom to change my plans, and I also have the freedom to stop for a while if I need to. I would love to know more about living in a different places inexpensively. I am glad to have found this web site.

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