Just because you can’t wake up and say you’re serving the motherland does not mean you can’t wake up and absolutely crush it as a communist in a capitalist world. You can wake up and serve yourself, serve your community, and do as much as you possibly can to dismantle oppressive structures and get us one step closer to a communist future. Do self care, but don’t grow complacent.
“Complacency is the enemy of study. We cannot really learn anything until we rid ourselves of complacency.” - Mao
Edit: we need something corny like /c/motivation or /c/discipline it’ll actually be so helpful
The only issue I have with that is being "the best". By virtue of the word there is only one "best"/"smartest"/etc so not everyone can be that. However, (very kumbaya incoming) everyone can do their best which should be seen as good enough.
This is good, because currently MY best is keeping a streak going for days on the earth and not much else.
I totally agree. It's probably slightly-to-decently pedantic to complain about the phrasing of "the best" and I totally agree with the point of it all.
Just there's a common mental trap of having to be "the best" at something and that if you can't be that it's pointless to try. It's something I used to fall victim to a lot, so I'm just overly careful about using hard line "best" language.
Damn, I still fall victim to that all the time because of my upbringing. It really is as easy as just doing it anyway, though. Thanks for the much-needed reminder!
This is how I aspire to be. I work hard on the job, I hit the gym, I educate myself, I try to be a caring and loving person. Because not everyone knows I’m a leftist, but when they find out I want them to be “surprised” because I’m a good person and work hard. What helps me to not get miserable at work is to try to create some sense of working solidarity. The company as a whole doesn’t even cross my mind when I’m doing a difficult task and doing a favor for a coworker. I only focus on my coworkers and making their lives and jobs as easy as possible
This is great, I agree 100%. The best way to radicalize someone is to lead by example. We should all strive to become the antifa supersoldier.
Beautifully put. The late Michael Brooks had similar thoughts regarding personal excellence. He understood his personal excellence in media wasn't at odds with his emotional investment in the political project served by his career. You aren't going to get people on our side whose brains are properly poisoned by the go-get-em #teamnosleep grind culture if we don't incorporate the importance of personal achievement and excellence. This can be decoupled from toxic individualism and you can absolutely be a socialist and want to live up to the fullest extent of your potential. Go get those awards, go get that recognition, go get that promotion, go win those games, etc, while also focusing on our internationalist project.
i love rising and grinding so much i downloaded this app off the mobile store to link up with other grindrs. people keep sending me pictures of their dick but i think this might be a good networking opportunity
good morning fam, what are YOU doing to overthrow capitalism today.
Wake up and seize those means.
Grind the capitalists into paste fam.
Rise, grind weed, smoke weed, sit around all day.
No but really I have to work all day. :sadness:
i wake up and give a communist a bj every morning, are you doing your part?
I was told self-sucking was "bourgeois individualism", so I'm outta luck on that.
Why do that when you can stay in your room and endlessly bitch, moan, and cry on the internet, driving yourself further and further into cynicism and depression?
Or better still -- bitch and moan about people who actually go out and try to serve their community! Why aren't they doing more, and doing it exactly my way???
What is that community to serve? While everyone likes a good Mao quote who isn't a landlord, the question might be looked at for its content.
Is it your neighborhood, is it your state, is it your peer group or the abstract sublimination of Tao-like individuals under the community? Is it in fact chapo chat?
I’m all for encouraging people to work hard and stay motivated, but there is something insidious about the whole self-help industry mentality. The problem is: it takes social problems and individualizes them into personal failing. “Feeling overworked, tired and depressed? That’s because YOU aren’t trying hard enough, just do X, Y and Z and you’ll have the superhuman energy to accomplish every goal you have!”
It reminds me of companies that overwork their employees then turn around and say “make sure to take care of your well being, here’s a coupon for $5 off 1 yoga class.” If seeing uplifting quote over a picture of a waterfall inspires you, that’s great. But for people with mental illnesses, sleep disorders or are in hyper-exploited positions that constantly sap their energy, that stuff rings very hallow.
Good post. I would suggest c/selfimprovement instead of motivation or discipline for the name of the comm. We should also create c/praxis.
Someone started a weekly praxis thread but stopped doing it. I would do it but I'm already posting the weekly mental health thread.
I would do it but I’m already posting the weekly mental health thread.
oh, i didn't know about that one. i'll be active in those in the future. :fidel-salute:
Awesome! I'm posting those on c/main every Monday at 9pm Moscow time. :sankara-salute:
Just because you can’t wake up
Ouch I have a sleep disorder get off my back
I keep a print of an old Soviet propaganda poster exhorting the fight against laziness and absenteeism on my wall for precisely this reason.
"IT'S 5:40 AND YOUR WORK ALARM IS PLAYING! GET ON YOUR FUCKING FEET MOTHERFUCKER!"
Wait I thought we were all supposed to grill are you saying we should actually do something??
Well the whole point of grillpilling was to find something material to root you back in reality instead of living in the metaphysical headspace of "online" where it's all spectacle and divorced from reality. Rise and Grind or focusing on personal excellence could itself be a grillpill.
I agree.
I hate to say it but I really feel like at present the ironic, uncaring, lazy attitudes among leftists are rewarded the most with likes and upvotes. And maybe it was ironic at first, but eventually the lines blur and meld.
Obviously that's to be taken with a large grain of salt b/c online != real life, but if you're online scrolling and posting a bunch in a way that isn't just blowing some steam during your free time as a brief diversion as opposed to compulsively doing it in place of other activities, you're already being lazy and allowing the escapism lure you into a deeper complacency.
