Shoreline views
Feet molded into the sand and eyes pried open to watch the open ocean
Next Monday The Cigarette Shop will reopen to private list. Cartons and packs of 1980’s cigarettes in their original packaging, never opened or touched shipped to you. (Granted you aren’t a narcotics agent)
Free shipping and first choice for those in the $5 substack.
This is the best way to make sure you aren’t a sleeper ATF plant.
Get on the list below
I got a message yesterday, or the day before, or last week, or sometime and it’s hard to tell really because time has turned to liquid and the sun is out right now but it feels like 1am and currently…trying not to think too much about it.
“I’m having a hard time finding inspiration and staying motivated. What do?”
First, the mental side of this: quit being a faggot.
There’s nobody coming to save you. Especially as a man. You can lay in your bed and rot into nothing for 25 years and all you’re going to get is a spirit full of regret.
Nobody is going to show up on a broomstick and tell you you’re a wizard, Harry… no spider is going to bite your wrist and turn you into a superhero.
You are nothing but your actions and persistence. That’s it.
This is why the gym is so important. You don’t lift, you get small, you lift, you get big, turn your body into greek statue… This alone won’t save you but you’ll see how effort = results. Simply and physically.
Second, the physical, what you can and should do to increase inspiration:motivation.
Move.
The longer you sit still the more complacent you become. Brute had a message along the lines of “get rid of all your couches and watch how productive you become” and this is a sentiment I think about daily. Sounds extreme? It is! You have to become a monster. A figure too rare to be replicated. You need to be getting side eyed for your habits.
Gary Halbert had the “hit the road first thing in the morning” message.
All have a common theme which is easy to see.
Stop lounging, stop mentally masturbating on the idea of ‘what you’re going to do’ and get the blood flowing, sweat.”
But it goes deeper, spirals further into a humans soul and it’s a message I keep seeing reappear in Wild At Heart - John Eldredge.
Man is action. Exploration. Hunting the unexplored. Talking to strangers. Opening random doors. Freedom of highway. Chainless. Shackled to nothing but your own spirit.
And that spirit is what’s wrong with messages like the one above. You’re ignoring it. Everything in your Soul wants to explore, risk, have your life on the line.
And does this sound wild? Am I talking crazy… too much coffee maybe…
But in the modern world this can still be done. It’s not impossible and I’d argue it’s even easier because the normals have set the bare minimum for comfort. If you leave your home, walk down random neighborhoods, go into random shops, you’re already doing more ‘exploring’ than the majority.
SIGN UP HERE TO GET WRITINGS STRAIGHT INTO YOUR INBOX. CONSIDER THE PAID OPTION TO GET ACCESS TO THE PRIVATE HOLY MISFITS STORY, SNEAK PREVIEWS OF WINSTONS NEW NOVEL, AND EARLY ACCESS TO SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS
My final cry to you is do something risky.
Not fruitfully risky. Like standing in oncoming traffic. But something that, if it pays off, you’ll be rewarded handsomely.
When’s the last time you approached a beautiful woman. When’s the last time you quit your job to pursue a passion. When’s the last time you lived in a homeless camp for 8 days just to see what it was all about… maybe come out with a different perspective about what matters.
The rest is up to you.
MUCH LOVE,
WINSTON
SOULED IDEA
HANDSOME CLOWN
THAT MAN ABOUT TOWN
>>> GET MY FIRST BOOK HERE <<<
Be smart with my advice.
Or don’t. Be dumb. Reckless. What if you died tonight.
