Self-Improvement

"Rome wasn't built in one day," isn't a particularly relevant quote because people don't usually go about trying to build Romes.

Ha. Ha. Wow Dan, did your humour pass away, get buried, and become worm food in a mere 3-4 months since you last posted? And did you really just refer to yourself in the third person?

Iunno. But seriously, this post is about self-improvement because as habits go, I think this is one of the most productive and fulfilling ones you can have. So if you don't currently possess it, you should aspire to acquire it. It's better than being obsessed with fame and social media, counting the likes on your posts; better than being obsessed with the number in your bank account, the car your drive, or the general image you exude; better than even going to the gym under the thinly veiled guise of getting fit when really all your trying to get is "that" image.

Self-improvement is the gift that keeps giving. Well, obviously.

Anyhoot:"A better you isn't built in one day," is a far more relevant quote here... 

since it's an arduous process, fraught with difficulties, and replete with failures. Y'know why? Because the world in general is betting against you, gleefully hoping you'll fail for the last time and give up. It wants you to stagnate, to not realise your full potential, to continue to be reliant on their spoon-feedings. Theirs is a 3-step corporate process:

(1) Get you addicted to instant gratification 

(2) Inform you of your shortcomings

(3) Offer products X, Y, Z to fix said shortcomings

Don't fall for it!

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Attempting to practise what I preach, I've started my own pet project. A word-a-day on a Sticky-Note and stuck above my bed. (AND THIS ISN'T FOR THE SAT.) A better me won't be built by tomorrow, but if I keep working on it, it'll be complete one day.