The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Consciousness

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Consciousness

I. Stabilize (When Lost)

If overwhelmed, do these in order:

  1. Body
    • Water
    • Food
    • Sleep
  2. Mind
    • Go outside
    • Take a break from your mental space
  3. Externalize
    • Write
    • Break things down
    • find the assumptions
    • find time-based assumptions
  4. Reduce Isolation
    • Call someone
  5. Take one irreversible action
    • If moving, pack one box.
    • If writing a letter, write the first sentence.

II. Steering (Don’t Get Lost)

To do daily:

  1. Go outside
  2. Move your body
  3. Morning reflection
    1. Express gratitude
    2. Set Intention (What would make today kick ass?)
  4. Evening reflection
    1. Enjoy gratitude
    2. Set intention (How could today have been better?)
  5. Find 30 minutes that are all yours to do anything you want.

III. Weekly Reflection

What I actually want to put here:

  • what do I want my life to look like?
  • Why?
  • If you couldn’t have all of that, what would you pick?
  • Repeat on day, week, month, year, decade, 30 year scale

Once a week:

  • What drained me?
  • What gave me energy?
  • What mattered?
  • How can I make next week better?

This is where I think “would a smart person do?”

Appendix

  1. Katie Pruitt Expectations: “I learned that fear is just the false belief
    That there is nothin’ you can do”
  2. This American Life: “I want what I want”