You’re Wasting Your Life (Without Even Realizing It) | Jodi Wellman
The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show
Chase Jarvis
4.8 • 641 Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2024
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I sit down with Jodi Wellman, who calls herself "The Grim Reaper's Cheerleader," to dive into the deep stuff—how thinking about our own mortality can actually help us live more fully, with no regrets. Jodi breaks down her 4000 Mondays project and how we often get stuck fantasizing about our goals instead of taking real action. I also share a bit of my own journey after selling my company, where I had to rethink what really matters. We talk about the power of breaking out of our routines, why journaling can keep us on track, and how small, intentional changes can make a big impact on living a meaningful life.
Some highlights we explore:
- The dangers of positive fantasies and how the idea of "temporal scarcity" can kick us into gear.
- Why shaking up your daily routines can break the autopilot mode and bring more vitality into your life.
- The role of reflective practices like journaling in staying true to your goals and living with purpose.
- And more...
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | There is a risk we take when we fantasize about a goal. |
| 0:03.8 | And it's a lovely thing. |
| 0:05.1 | I mean, we hear a lot about, ooh, visualize your success. |
| 0:08.7 | I don't know why, but it has to be said in that voice. |
| 0:11.1 | But like, imagine the good. |
| 0:12.7 | Like, of course, we want a vision. |
| 0:13.8 | We want to imagine it. |
| 0:14.9 | But sometimes what happens is we imagine the cool thing. |
| 0:18.4 | Like we imagine getting and picking up and moving and getting a place on |
| 0:21.6 | the island. Or we imagine moving or trying for a new job or getting on a dating app or whatever |
| 0:26.8 | the thing is you're longing to do. And in the imagining of it, they are called positive |
| 0:31.5 | fantasies is that we feel just enough of that kind of little lift inside of us to imagine it, that we feel satisfied |
| 0:39.2 | enough that we will put it aside, tuck it to bed, and then go on with our lives for longer |
| 0:43.8 | than what is needed for action. Like a bucket list is great if you capture your ideas, if you |
| 0:50.2 | attach dates to them. But if you have a bucket list, which is just this repository for your |
| 0:55.5 | dreams, that to me sometimes can get even riskier because it's that, oh, okay, so this is just |
| 1:00.2 | a list of stuff now that you're giving yourself permission to do, not now but later. Is there a reason |
| 1:04.0 | that you can't start some of them today? |
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