Soul Letter #10
Moving Towards an Abundance 🧠 Mindset
Hi 👋, Shubham here.
Let’s get your weekend started with another edition on Soul Letter 🗞
Today I will be talking about the abundance mindset and why we should adopt one.
Idea Saturation
When I started writing, I had a few ideas which I knew would make into good articles. Therefore to avoid my best thoughts from drying up, I intentionally tried to write about something else.
In my mind 🧠, I was saving them for a better opportunity. I could use them when I have more followers or get to write for a big publication.
For close to 2 months I have been regularly writing on LinkedIn and Soul Letter. In the process, I have used the majority of ideas, which were supposed to be saved for some hypothetical🤔 moments.
I assumed I’ll hit saturation now and wouldn’t have thought-provoking insights anymore. I have used my quota of ideas, which God blessed me with.
However, I have been proven wrong.
After writing regularly the thing I realized is, now I observe even subtler things. I get ideas that are a tad better than the ones I had earlier.
Most of us live with a scarcity mindset. We assume we have limited knowledge, ideas, opportunities, skills, money, etc.
I would encourage you to move towards an abundance mindset. Nature is filled with a plethora of everything which we assume is finite.
It’s like, the law of attraction. If you live with a scarcity mindset everything will feel insufficient, while if you live with an abundance mindset you will find opportunities everywhere 😊
No More Shazam Anxiety at Cafes
What's your worst 😱 nightmare while going to a cafe or a restaurant?
There will be fly in your food, or the dish you like isn't available.
Mine is that I will hear an unknown song and spend my entire life trying to figure out the actual song 🎶
I would search random lyrics on google or hum the melody in front of friends in hope that they might relieve me of my misery.
This has been a constant struggle for me where I am at a cafe and try to Shazam the playing song before the track changes.
I have numerous songs in my playlist, but it feels like that unknown song is the missing piece of my life. It’ll complete me somehow.
I was living under this delusion when I realized how lame it is.
First of all, to be frank, I don't usually listen to the songs which I successfully Shazamed. It's only the songs I miss that are supposedly great.
Secondly, after moving to an abundance mindset, I am okay even if I couldn't identify a song. I know I will eventually end up with new songs.
Fear Of Losing All Photos
Remember the days when the memory card was a thing.
Gosh! I am 25, and I sound old 👴
Back then we had smaller phones with limited storage, and a memory card was nothing less than a benediction.
Nowadays all our backups are saved in the cloud ☁ storage, which makes them technically immortal. But in those days (I guess I am officially old) the majority of the phone data was stored on memory cards.
The issue was they were easily corrupted or lost, and the precious data especially the photos (Yes, the hazy photos from a solid 2MP phone 📱 cam) were lost forever.
I always had a feeling that I will lose my photos because my memory card will be damaged.
Those photos were a tangible record of my memories. If I lost them, there wouldn't be proof of all the cool moments that I lived.
As fate would have it, I did lose all my photos after I misplaced one of my memory cards.
I was sad 😟 for a day or two but realized it wasn't that big a deal.
I will be going on future vacations, meeting unknown people, having fresh experiences. I have a whole life in front of me to capture new memories.
Now I don't get dejected if I lose anything (unless it's Soul Letter's login credentials) because I am sure something way better is on its way.
Abundance Mindset guys!
👁ronic Indeed
Wakanda Forever 🙅♂️
Today is Chadwick Boswan’s first death anniversary. It’s odd talking about King T’Challa’s death ☹
Feels like yesterday when were at theatres watching Captain America: Civil War when Black Panther made his debut.
The Black Panther solo movie was a big blockbuster. It was more than a movie because it became the first superhero movie with a predominantly black cast. It stood for something much bigger.
Chadwick was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016 and battled with it these last 4 years as it progressed to stage IV.
Apparently, Boseman wrote texts to his executive producer about his cancer charity work just days before he died which tells a lot about his character.
He was a great actor and an even better human being.
Here’s a tribute video to Boseman from Marvel.
Wakanda Forever ♥
Final Words
I am planning to experiment with my writing📝 schedule. Instead of writing in the morning, I will write at night for the next two weeks.
The issue with the morning routine is I get 30-45 mins to write at most. At night there wouldn’t be any such restriction. Let’s see how it goes.
Arsenal play the defending champions Manchester City today, pray for us🤲
Have a great weekend everyone.Until next time, Houdoe! 🙋♂️
In case you missed the previous newsletters, we have got you covered.
Soul Letter #9 - The Reunion, Somewhere Along the Line We Change, And NFTs
Soul Letter #8 - To🥂 Small Wins, Soul Letter turns 100, A Big Announcement, And Remembering A Friend
Soul Letter #7 - Choose Your Damn Sacrifice🖐
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