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How’s it going? Another week so that means another thought to talk about. This time it’s going to be about the modern mindset of get rich quick.
I guess I shouldn’t say modern, because I can imagine people throughout history have all been tempted by the shiny allure of the get rich quick mindset and the schemes it’s victims fall into.
However, I feel with the evolution of technology and the internet I feel as if this trap has had its engines supercharged. Also, throw in a growing obsession with a system of convenience capitalism as well, that I got to have it now mentality is also at play.
What prompted me to write this piece, was the cult like worship that proponents display for things like cryptocurrency and NFT’s; if you don’t know what NFT’s are, do yourself a favour and never look it up. Your sanity and faith in humanity is not worth losing.
These things and others like them, sell people on the idea that through technology and innovation, anyone can be wealthy. I acknowledge that technology has given people many opportunities that once didn’t exist, but like the old saying goes. Rome wasn’t built in a day.
People might retort that there are people that have gotten extremely rich off from these technologies. But my belief is this, if your hairdresser and people on the bus are making money off it, then any major windfall opportunity is already long gone.
That takes me to the next point, the convenience capitalism that permeates our western culture. So many people in society want to be rich and or famous, with a timeline of that all happening by tomorrow. This is unrealistic and also promotes the idea that unless you are rich or talked about on social media, you can’t live a happy and fulfilling life.
This is bullshit, yet a lot of us believe it. Even those of us who know of the flaw in the logic still can from time to time think, man if I was rich none of this would be a problem. I know because it happens to me from time to time. But I always try to pull my head in and recognise that my life is amazing and worth being grateful for.
I guess in a weird roundabout way, I’m trying to say that I see much of the culture moving towards this all or nothing mentality, and wouldn’t you know it, everybody wants to have it ‘all’. However, much of the great achievements you’ll accomplish in life won’t be about how much money you made. Instead they will be like everything else that gives meaning to our lives, it will be seeing your hard work and persistence paying off over years’ of discipline in something were passionate about.
Don’t get trapped thinking you need to have it all when you already are in possession of the most important thing in life. Yourself.
Shout out to all the fans, much love, you Hedites make me proud.
Live free.
Posted on June 24, 2022 by Jordan Hedi Productions
I want to talk about something that I’ve realised after talking to a friend of mine recently.
The thing I’ve noticed is that, advice is something we as people tend to give quite often. We all believe that our own wisdom carries a weight of truth to it, and that those we give it to will see that and act on it.
The reality is, giving advice isn’t something that always works out. I’ve come to see that people do what they do, then come up with reasons why later. There have been so many times when I have given this friend advice on what to do, they will agree with what I am saying and then not change their behaviour.
I don’t think that it is pointless to give advice, if I did I wouldn’t be doing this channel. What I am trying to say, is that if you are someone who gives advice to others, then don’t expect to see results from that other person. The only way for them to go through with what needs to be done, is if they choose to do what needs to be done. That is something you cannot enforce on them, and if you do try, it will just end up with them distancing themselves from you.
We need to be realistic about others changing for the better, not saying it can’t happen. But we need to acknowledge that change isn’t on the minds of most people. For those that come to this channel often, you are someone who is comfortable with making adjustments. That is something special.
Although we can’t force others to take our advice, we can follow our own advice and hopefully provide a real life example for others.
Thanks to the Hedites for liking and sharing this channel.
Posted on June 17, 2022 by Jordan Hedi Productions
Hey gang,
For a little while now I have felt a bit out of sorts. Not in a way that is devastating or anything like that. More like I’ve been feeling as if something inside was missing, something I once had but now no longer is there.
I believe I’ve recently been able to diagnose the what the problem is, it’s funny because you’d think I’d be very quick to pick this up. So, the issue I’m having is that I don’t have any major or exciting goals to strive towards.
Years ago, the two big goals that were pushing me forward were: to get onto the NSW Biostatistics Training Program and the other was to move out and buy my own apartment. In the beginning of 2021 I’d ticked off the first goal. While in late 2021 I finally, after many years of waiting and preparing, bought my own apartment.
Now, I’m at a point where I have accomplished incredible things, which a few years back seemed so far from reach. Having arrived, I can say that I’m not overwhelmed by joy or anything. I am very thankful for the way it all turned out but it’s that cliche thing of the journey being more rewarding than the destination.
I do have one major goal that I’m aspiring towards, but that one is something that will take decades to move towards. Not saying that I’m not working on it, but it will take some years before major progress is made in that space.
In the meantime, I need to go inside myself and find what is it that in the next 12 to 24 months is something I can strive towards that will bring me meaning and fulfilment. Tomorrow morning, I will sit down and contemplate the see what I can dig up.
The process will be for me to write down all of my activities and responsibilities, then forecast what would the most ideal outcomes look like. From there I will need direct actions that I can do to step towards that direction. The next part is just repetition of that action until the breakthrough happens.
It’s odd to be 25 years old and feel as if you’ve already managed to accomplish all that you wanted. But that’s left me with this nagging feeling like I have more to contribute, but like with anything, only me as the person in control can really do anything about it.
I’ll see what I come up with.
Thanks again my Hedites
Posted on June 10, 2022 by Jordan Hedi Productions
I recently had to visit a small country town in rural New South Wales as part of my job. I learned to appreciate something about my own circumstances by going there.
The town is about a six hours drive from Sydney and is located slightly above the middle of New South Wales. I wouldn’t normally take a trip to such a place but I had to for work. NSW Health was finishing off an important Environmental Health project in the area, that required people to be on the ground.
As a work experience it was very productive, it taught me a lot about how the program which that project is a part of operates in reality. Much of my interaction with the program has been about analysing a dataset, which is a consolidation of all the various projects that have been completed throughout the state.
What I didn’t anticipate to discover was a personal lesson about circumstances and the great opportunity that I have been given in life. Living in a major city means that I have better access to all sorts of resources and possibilities: better healthcare, education institutions, communication networks, career paths, infrastructure and the list goes on.
In small regional towns, conditions are very much different from that of the cities. At least in Australia, many towns have the same features: there’s a local bakery, a town museum, community centre, a local pub or maybe even two. But for the most part, there isn’t much to do for someone living there. The roads between towns offer very little and in the next town that is also the case.
I couldn’t help but think to myself, how many people’s lives have been predicted and determined by the town that they live in. And I don’t imagine that living your life off the shelf like that, would be conducive to pursuing a meaningful existence consisting of your own choices.
With so few people, change isn’t always forthcoming and I imagine many young people growing up in those towns just fall into the line of work that their parent’s did. The problem that sprang up in my mind from that was, what happens when the work that people’s parents did becomes no longer viable?
It’s chilling to think about, the only solution which doesn’t feel like much of one, is to just leave and live somewhere else. I guess what it highlighted for me was that more investment in the regional parts of our countries needs to be prioritised. So that people, regardless of where they live, can have the support to live a fuller life.
I do acknowledge that people anywhere can have their lives determined by their environment. But in rural areas I feel as if the degree to which that is the case is much higher.
In closing, I recognise how fortunate I am to be living in the heart of opportunity.
Thanks to my Hedites constantly coming back to read my thoughts and share their own.
Posted on June 3, 2022 by Jordan Hedi Productions
I think this week I want to talk about a quote from Emerson which is worth keeping in mind. It goes something like this:
That which we persist in doing becomes easier; not that the nature of the task has changed, but our ability to do has increased.
That concept is something we regularly have to come to terms with. On one level, we must always take the time to recognise that where we are today and what we accomplish now, is something that we would have thought never possible. So, appreciating that we have overcome our limitations to achieve what we have is always a worthwhile activity. For me just recently, I couldn’t have imagined taking care of a dog, but now a number of months in, I can say that for me it is a breeze.
The same applies when it comes work, I was so nervous when I started out in close contact tracing because I had never done anything like that before. However, after a few weeks into the job, my experience gave me the confidence to do the work with ease, to the point it became like second nature.
The other aspect we must remember about that quote, is that the things we are finding hard at the moment, will in time become easier. The important thing to note in the quote, is that the task itself hasn’t changed in difficulty but instead our ability has increased. This increase I ability is core to developing ourselves as people in any aspect of our lives and should be something we seek out.
Always remember my Hedites that doing the hard things in life actually makes life easier, while the opposite of that statement is also true.
Posted on May 27, 2022 by Jordan Hedi Productions
Today I want to talk about a sore point for me, it is about our over reliance on technology and screens to fill that void we call boredom.
Catching public transport is a great joy for me. Not because it is especially comfortable or remarkable in an overt way. Why I do find it to be such a precious resource, is that it puts restrictions on you and what you can do. What I mean, is that you have very few options when it comes to passing the time, while you wait to arrive at your destination.
This gives anyone a fairly predictable amount of time in your day where you can get around to a vital activity that many people don’t do enough of, reading. When I look up from my book, I see a sea of commuters all with little digitally lit up faces; either mindlessly scrolling through some app’s feed before refreshing it for the hundredth time, or they are streaming a movie or TV show that they like. (Me personally, I sometimes like looking at their screens to see what they are doing, trust me you will never see a person more panicked to look simultaneously engaged and disinterested at the content they are watching… I always laugh to myself about that paradox)
Just like I constantly like to remind people, reading is vital and should be a part of your day, no matter what. Yet I find that most people wouldn’t even consider that option, that makes me sad. The morning and afternoon commute time is such a perfect opportunity to read something of substance, instead of relying on the morphine drip of meaningless digital content to dull boredom (awkward if you are reading this on the train or bus right now… argh my content is fine… it empowers people to improve their lives… right?).
I know I probably sound like I am rambling but it really annoys me that too many people are throwing away something that could be a daily ritual to learn. Maybe my mind has just become addicted to learning, since I found out the powers it can release. Moral of the story is go read a book, I know that sounds lame as it doesn’t give much direction as to what you should read; but that does mean that you can pick something you’re interested in, and if that doesn’t work, the first video on my Youtube channel is about five great books everyone should read.
Like I said, commuting on public transport is convenient in the sense that it limits your activity; but if you don’t catch public transport, you should still make time to read. It will just mean that you will have to be a bit more disciplined to cut out time at home to do it.
I think you get the message and I hope that you take up the challenge to put down the phone or tablet and pick up a book. Do that for a week and you’ll be on your way to creating a brilliant habit. Remember, start with reading a sentence because everyone can do that, then try for a page, then a chapter.
Once again my friends and Hedites, keep living your best life, as the young folks say.
Deuces.
Posted on May 22, 2022 by Jordan Hedi Productions
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