This is the Jocko Underground Podcast number 198 sitting here with Echo Charles.

We have got some questions from you troopers out there in the field.

And we're going to provide some guidance, provide some answers possibly, and at a minimum, provide some courses of action that you can follow to get on the right path.

That's what we're doing.

Let's get into it.

All right, first question. I was supposed to be more than I am I'm 27 now at 17 I tested high was good at

science and writing the people believed in me I even recognize the significance of

AI early but failed to act on it even then I felt time was time was running out. Ten years later, I feel stuck.

I've worked jobs that built character, construction, and long-term grunt role at psych hospital.

At a psych hospital.

But I still live with my parents, paycheck to paycheck.

I help care for them, which I value, but I struggle with depression, distraction, obsession, and media addiction.

I have a plan.

MMA, gym, cutting media, building businesses, reading.

But I've always had a plan.

After a decade of failed follow-through, I've stopped believing in myself.

I've collected unused habit trackers, abandoned routines, and gear for pursuits that never stuck.

I want to say I'll execute despite the lateness and doubt, but another voice says I've been saying that for years.

Since I'll say it one more time, or still I'll say it one more time or still I'll say it one more time

what's wrong with my thinking though okay so you're in a in a rough spot that

probably a lot of people have been in and there's a little bit of a event horizon.

You know what that is?

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