The Mental Update 04-21-25

Hey,

First off, welcome to the five of you who just joined this little space for alignment, clarity, and intuition development. You’re the first to receive this. And I’m so glad you’re here.

This week, I’ve been thinking about how much of our resistance isn’t real, it’s inherited. From the belief that goals are supposed to be hard, to the idea that scarcity is just “the way it is,” so much of what holds us back is borrowed.

Below are three short pieces I shared this week, each one exploring a different layer of that idea.

The Goal Isn’t Hard, You Just Believe It Is

You think writing every day is hard.

But have you ever asked why?

Not why it’s logistically hard.

Not why your schedule is packed.

But why you believe it’s hard in the first place.

The truth is, you didn’t come to that belief on your own.

You absorbed it.

We live inside a web of consensus beliefs, socially accepted ideas we never think to question.

Writing daily? Hard.

Waking up early? Hard.

Sticking to any goal? Brutal.

And once you buy into that consensus, your unconscious mind listens.

It takes that belief, encodes it emotionally, and starts creating resistance to match it.

Beliefs Shape Difficulty

Meanwhile, someone else thinks writing every day is easy.

They don’t white-knuckle their way through it.

They glide.

Are they more talented? No.

More disciplined? Not necessarily.

They just never internalized the belief that it’s supposed to be hard.

So their unconscious doesn’t resist it.

Their system runs smoothly because there’s no conflict between desire and identity.

Want it to be easier?

You have to decide it’s easy.

Yes, even if it feels like a lie at first.

Yes, even if your entire social circle would roll their eyes.

Because the difficulty of your goal is not objective, it’s interpretive.

And if you want your goal to be easy, you must opt out of the consensus and choose to be the exception.

You’ll find the experience matches the belief you feed it.

Scarcity Is a Story You Inherited, Not a Law of Nature

You check your bank account.

You see limits.

You scroll job listings.

You feel boxed in.

You hear someone’s success story.

You flinch with envy.

Why?

Because you’re living inside a consensus belief:

There’s not enough.

Not enough money.

Not enough opportunities.

Not enough to go around.

But here’s the truth no one teaches you:

The world is always creating more.

New money is printed.

New markets are opened.

New platforms, niches, industries, roles - daily.

Opportunity doesn’t shrink.

It circulates.

Scarcity Isn’t Real. But It Feels Real.

Your unconscious mind runs on patterns.

And if the emotional tone you grew up around was "tighten your belt,"

Then even abundance will feel suspicious.

This is how you can live in an expanding world and still feel stuck.

Because while abundance is objective, your access to it is emotional.

You Don’t Need to “Create” Wealth, You Just Need to Flow With It

Try this reframe:

Money isn’t scarce. It’s in motion.

And your only job is to open the valve.

You do this by relaxing into circulation.

Letting go of hoarding mindsets.

Noticing where things are already expanding around you.

Abundance is not a reward for hard work.

It’s a reality that becomes visible when you stop believing in lack.

Uncertainty Isn’t the Problem. Your Lack of Certainty Is.

You hesitate to start.

You wait for more clarity.

You want a sign, a map, a guarantee.

But here’s the uncomfortable truth:

Uncertainty isn’t going anywhere.

The world is inherently unpredictable.

Markets change. People change. Circumstances shift.

If you’re waiting for certainty to appear, you’ll be waiting forever.

Yet some people act with boldness.

They keep going when others stall.

They walk into the fog like they know exactly where it leads.

What’s their secret?

They make their own certainty.

Certainty Is Not External. It’s an Identity You Choose.

You think certainty comes from results.

But it’s the other way around.

Certainty creates results.

It fuels resilience.

It turns setbacks into pit stops instead of exits.

When you decide, deep in your bones, that your success is inevitable

You stop needing constant reassurance.

You outlast everyone who gave up to feel safe.

This Is What Makes You Unbeatable

You don’t need to control every variable.

You don’t need perfect timing.

You need one thing:

A non-negotiable belief in your own outcome.

That belief becomes your compass.

It’s what keeps your unconscious mind aligned, your habits automatic, and your momentum unshaken.

The world doesn’t owe you certainty.

But you can give it to yourself.

And when you do, you stop reacting to chaos, and start creating inevitability.

Which idea hit hardest this week? I’d love to hear from you, just reply.

Until next time,

Daryl

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