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Welcome to Day 22. Today, we’re going to do a little bit of what you might call: Your life is an easy, adventurous privilege. We’re going to reprogram how you see your entire existence. The goal? To stop seeing your life as a curse you have to endure and start experiencing it as the wild, incredible privilege that it actually is.
And just like that… things begin to feel lighter. Full of more ease. Not because your problems vanish, but because your perspective toward them shifts.
Let’s get real for a second:
- Waking up each morning? That’s a privilege denied to many.
- The roof over your head? A privilege.
- Your health, your ability to move and think? A massive privilege.
- That work you sometimes complain about? It’s a privilege. Its agency and purpose.
- The computer or phone you’re reading this on? A privilege.
- The mere opportunity to learn and study, and grow? An incredible, adventurous privilege.
Most of us treat these things as defaults, as background noise. We stop seeing them and only focus on what’s wrong, what’s hard, what’s missing. That’s a surefire way to live a life of quiet resentment.
The hack is to start actively enjoying your life by reframing your challenges. Think about how you approach a video game. You don’t see a difficult level as a curse. You see it as an adventure. You get excited. You lean in. You start strategizing, coming up with tactics, trying new moves. You derive genuine fun from the process of solving the problem.
And when you fail? When you lose a life or get kicked back to the start? You don’t collapse into a heap of despair, questioning your entire existence. You just hit “Start Again.” You learn from what went wrong and you jump back in, eager to try a new approach.
Why in the world do we not apply this same exhilarating principle to our own lives?
Your tough boss is just a final boss level. That complicated project is a puzzle to be solved. A difficult conversation is a side quest that will yield experience points and better gear for your character.
This isn’t about dismissing real pain or hardship. It’s about choosing to engage with your life from a place of empowered curiosity, rather than a place of victimhood.
So your mission today is to willingly get “brainwashed.” Brainwash yourself into seeing the privilege.
- When you open your eyes tomorrow, let your first thought be “I get to do this today.”
- When a problem arises, get curious. What tactic can I try? What’s the strategy here?
- If you fail, simply acknowledge “Well, that strategy didn’t work,” and start a new level. No deep, lasting drama needed.
Your life is the most immersive, open-world game you’ll ever play. You are the main character. Start playing it like you’re thrilled to be on the adventure.