Becoming A Reality Hacker

Becoming A Reality Hacker: individual-framed version of How To Raise Reality Hackers. While Civilization is a great technology, it's easy to fall into unthinking NPC patterns. When you start recognizing that lots of your LifeScripts and GameRules are actually optional, you start to see more choices for a Personal Philosophy being available.

Elevator Pitch:

I am trying to show that life without certainty can be exhilarating, liberating, a great adventure. Robert Anton Wilson

While Civilization is a great technology, it's easy to fall into unthinking NPC patterns.

Financially, this is risky during an Economic Transition.

Aside from that, you might be feeling itchy about your life/future. "Is this how I want the next 50-100yrs to go?" There's a lot of depression, loneliness, etc. hitting vast swaths of people.

When you start recognizing that lots of your LifeScripts and GameRules are actually optional, you start to see more choices for a Personal Philosophy being available.

More, from different angle: What's A Reality Hacker And Why Would I Want My Kids To Be One?

Links

from Fractally Generative Pattern Language

Generative Self-Improvement?

• Positive Psychology, Authentic Happiness, Non-Zero; Less Bullshit Living
• Hack Your Life With A Private Wiki Notebook, Getting Things Done, And Other Systems
• D And D, The Craft, Lifestyle Design
• Do the Simplest Thing

Imagine alternate futures: My 25-Year Vision Roles from Effective Entrepreneur process.

Alternatives To A College Degree, Making A Living, One Man Show, Life Style Company

Raising Kids: Lean Family, Free Range Kids, Alternatives To Traditional Family

Pick The Right Place To Live

Eight Circuit Model Of Consciousness, MindSet, talking, reading (esp sci-fi), writing, OmniVore

Program Or Be Programmed (see Digital Literacy for series of steps). Join a Software Product Team.

Convert your Consumer Passions Into Making

Happy Body Is Happy Brain (Bright Eyed And Bushy Tailed)

Don't Forget To Breathe, Don't Panic, AlwaysKnowWhereYourTowelIs

different/raw list

Problems to solve

• ShadowSyndromes
• angst, anomie: Alienation
• loneliness
• pointlessness (disengagement)

Real goals

• Agency (Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose)
• pick a Philosophy, basis of Meaning, Mission
• WellBeing

MindSet: Reality Hacker. Also....

• recognize you need DeSchooling
• Always Be Improv-ing
• Play Long Games
• Re-Engage

Bright-Eyed And Bushy-Tailed

• sleep
• Diet and Exercise, see esp New Evolution Diet, Three Food Rules
  • add variety/ethnic
• see When I'm Depressed

Social

• have sex (Bright-Eyed And Bushy-Tailed)
• deepen a relationship
• go to a MeetUp
• find, live-near a Tribe
  • Writing As Online Networking
  • Neighborhood

DayJob

• LearnToCode (Join a Software Product Team).
• Become a Product Manager
• Join a StartUp
• CoFound an Indie BootStrap: media, software, game...

PersonalFinance: MF Actions (Possible Personal Finance Actions) retro: dump/avoid debt, automate savings, do index funds. Also: invest in self (PortfolioLife)

Pick a Calling (My Calling), imagine My 25 Year Vision Roles

Read (esp SciFi)

Learn WritIng

• Note-Taking, PrivateWiki: Thinking Out Loud; Hack Your Life With A Private Wiki Notebook, Getting Things Done, And Other Systems
• Digital Garden/WikiLog, Reflective Thinker: Working in Public; use FluxGarden
• ShitPosting
• (CopyWriting)
• to accomplish things: Org Writing Practices

Be a Maker, have a Side Project