Adam’s Journey

Chapter 1: Meeting the Guide

There I was…

crying my eyes out at 3am in the morning

completely exhausted from:

• playing video games
• smoking weed
• eating junkfood
• watching p*rn
  
  

the ENTIRE night.

Why was I crying?

Because I hated myself. 

These were the only 4 activities that occupied my free time.

Sure, that’s pretty normal for a 16-year old kid…

but still, something felt deeply wrong. 

I hated getting EXTREMELY ANGRY at my video game… to the point where I’d type out death threats to random strangers.

I hated hearing the birds chirp in the morning… knowing that I haven’t slept a wink.

I hated having low-energy all the time, feeling groggy and being a d*ck to my friends and family.

But most of all… I hated feeling like I was wasting my precious life.

But… I didn’t do anything about it.

The cheap hits of dopamine were too easy… so I kept drowning out the pain.

It wasn’t until a girl from my highschool broke up with me… that I finally had enough.

“WTF is WRONG with me!?”

I thought… 

“I have actually fix my problems.“

So, I searched “how to be attractive” on YouTube…

and stumbled upon some skinny-looking bald guy with big teeth and a bad attitude. 

His name was “Leo, from Actualized.org” and he explained things to me in a way I never heard before:

He told me that if I wanted to become an attractive person, I had to actually grow myself in a deep and meaningful way.

That meant…

NO QUICK FIXES!!
NO SHORTCUTS!!
NO EASY SOLUTIONS!!

Just good-quality, strategic personal development that is grounded in a 10-20 year vision.

He told me that humans always want to get quick results… without having to work for it.

We always do the bare-minimum necessary to survive and get by.

He told me that if I wanted to seperate myself from the crowd—to create a truly extraordinary life—then I had to do the opposite of what everyone else around me was doing.

That meant committing to the lifelong process of self-mastery… and working at it proactively… little by little each day.

Doing things like:

• daily meditation
• studying literally 100s of diverse perspectives (by reading at least 1 non-fiction book per month, see Adam’s book list for details)
• discovering my Life’s purpose
• journalling
• cleaning up my diet, exercising
• quitting addictions
• creating a strong morning routine
• questioning my core beliefs and assumptions about life
• discovering my strengths, values, and personality type
• visualizing my goals
• working on my social skills
• going on meditation retreats
• visiting seminars and workshops
• listening to audiobooks and audio programs
• hiring coaches
• developing self-acceptance and self-love
  
  

and more (see the “start here” section for more details)…