controlling your controllables is probably the most important thing that doesn't get discussed enough.

Even though we discuss it a ton, controlling your controllables is literally the seven pillars.

That's another name for them.

If you were to name it something other than the seven pillars, it would be controlling your controllables.

Because those are the only things that you have agency over.

The only things.

So we do discuss this a lot, but the framing of this, controlling the controllables.

I'm saying this because you are likely on your holiday break.

We keep everything going the same.

We do the podcast every single day.

We do philosophy and stuff on weekend episodes because people are getting after,

especially now this time of year.

Everyone's fucking off.

People that never have time off at the same time have time off at the same time. You might have family in from out of town. And that's really, you know, love your family maybe. And

that's cool. But then it's uncomfortable. And after a week you're at everyone, everyone's on

each other's throats. You have old traumas that come back up because it's like you're in your

parents' house again or they're over at your house up because it's like you're in your parents' house

again or they're over at your house and it's just, it could be great, it could go sideways,

it could be everything in between. But you can't control what other people do, you can't control

what other people say. Maybe you're dealing with political discussions or social discussions

and, you know, everyone around you is fucking insane maybe

they think you're insane and you think they're insane and it is what it is but you

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