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We are all walking around with “monkey minds” full of advertisements, tiks and toks, offers, new car ideas, new better life ideas, pushing against the calm we seek. Yes, I have sought the hedonistic lifestyle at various points in my life. I’m learning
LESS IS MORE
Let me explain.
When I was working the six-figure marketing job, I was anxious all the time. The deadlines never stopped piling on. Numbers, performance, KPIs, OKRs. I would go home and dream about it. Try to solve the creative lull at night, after the kids and wife have gone to bed. It was not a healthy lifestyle. I liked the money. But, how much is that wealth worth if you’re missing a huge part of your life, ruminating about work?
If I need less money, I need to work less. If I am smarter about my work, I can continue to increase my side hustle, back into a sustainable cash flow. That’s what money is all about: cash flow. For me, idea flow, energy flow, and passion flow are never a problem. When I run out of money, I crash and burn. Quickly.
And here we are. Here I am.
Fewer calories, better ingredients, more plant-based options. Fewer expenses. More peak experiences.
In all the bustle and hustle of my current role, I am locked into “work mode” at the store for EIGHT SOLID HOURS. Two ten-minute breaks and one unpaid 30-minute lunch. Outside of those moments, I’m a puppet to the masters. Here, I feel I have a team that cares about the welfare of its people. I have felt the opposite, even in companies professing to be “open and transparent.”
As part of my evolution back into a cashier and ultimately into “the happy cashier,” I’ve learned to seek out the silence. I have learned some ways to get my mind back into a present gratitude. Some of it is music. Much of it might be considered a prayer or a mantra. I’m listening for silence. And exploring all that my quiet mind has to offer. Often our monkey mind is so loud we can’t hear the happy thoughts. The quiet thoughts are an antidote to the monkey mind.
Learning to get my mind, frustrations, anger, and sadness (moods) in the flow has been the biggest part of my growth as a kind human.
Namasté.
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The hope I see in others
becomes the hope I have for myself,
my life, and my own journey.
– The Happy Cashier
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