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cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/21933555

For me it was these.

"A focused fool can accomplish more than a distracted genius"

"Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter"

These two quotes really helped get my @** in gear.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It was a video and this is going to sound very very strange, but just bare with me. Be warned it is rather morbid and I apologize.

There's a video out there, can't remember where I watched it, but it's the autopsy of an obese woman. It's incredibly morbid and not an easy watch but has had a profound impact on my life. I've been overweight the majority of my life and never really thought anything of it besides "man, I should start losing weight." That is until I saw that video. Seeing the internal state of that woman's body put a lot into perspective for me about what being overweight was doing to my body. I've seen diagrams, illustrations, and descriptions of what happens to the body when overweight. But actually seeing it with a real person? That shit changed me. Been super conscious about it ever since. Lost about 50 pounds and started taking care of myself better. I'm still not perfect, but having that reference of what could potentially be going on inside my body that I can't even see is a very informative and helpful tool to have. Not in a "scared straight" kinda way and more as a "I need to be more aware of what I can't see" kinda way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Yeah its that goth mortitician. I know the Video. Pretty great.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Thank you. I don’t know if I watched the right video, but it certainly was eye opening