Wild Minds Weekly: Worse is better
Hello friends,
Most people don't have it bad enough.
Let me explain.
Most people hover just above unbearable. They accumulate chronic diseases but blunt the symptoms with pharmaceuticals so they can get by. They think the decline is just part of getting old.
They don't have it bad enough. If their health was worse, they'd hit a state they couldn't accept. Then they'd have no choice but to change.
Everyone I know doing incredibly well on a carnivore/low-carb diet started with a health problem they refused to live with - or were told they couldn't fix. Doctors said they'd be on medications forever, or that it was "just genetics." They decided that wasn't good enough. Through research and self-experimentation, they turned their health around.
Now they have better body composition and vitality than people half their age.
I've got good friends who are in their 50s. They wake at 5 every morning, walk down to the beach to watch sunrise, sprint, surf, then have steak for breakfast. But they didn't always live this way. One was overweight as a teen while her friends stayed naturally skinny. Her friends never had to work hard to fix anything. Now those friends are fat, and she's in better shape than most 20-year-olds. Both of them have more vigour and passion than people decades younger.
Same with my friends in their 30s and 40s.
The common factor: they all started off worse than normal. That lack drove them to fix their situation. (Another common factor, many were ex-vegan/vegetarian, interesting!)
I used to be a scrawny, sickly kid. How scrawny? Well, Dad used to call me "Gollum." and Mum used to tell me she wished I had more meat on me. It sucked at the time, but I couldn't say anything because they were right! And that's exactly what drove me to get myself in order. So I got into fitness, and let me tell you—it's a slippery slope from fitness to farming, but that's a story for another day.
I can think of countless examples of people who turned their weakness into their strength. You can too.
Your weakness is your strength. Having it worse than other people is a blessing, but only if you do something about it.
I wouldn't have been so driven if I'd started off just about acceptable. Everyone I know who has reversed diabetes, lowered blood pressure, healed gut issues, and brought life back to their bones needed that terrible situation to push them.
Bad is better than okay.
But you don't need to blow up your life to make a change. You just need to recognise that no matter how bad—or how "okay"—your situation is, you can turn it around. Which may require doing things other people consider extreme.
Here's the truth: doing it alone is hard. You might be able to do it, but it takes a HUGE amount of willpower if you're not surrounded by the right people.
Maybe you're reading this and thinking, "I'm managing." But managing isn't thriving. And the longer you stay in that zone, the harder it becomes to remember what life is supposed to feel like.
My friends sprinting on the beach at 50? They didn't get there by reading newsletters. They got there by surrounding themselves with others on the same path—people who made the "extreme" feel normal, who shared what worked, who held them accountable when it got hard.
That's why we created Wild Minds Network.
It's an online community for people ready to take extreme ownership of their lives. Inside, you'll connect with others pursuing independence from mainstream solutions, get access to land-based opportunities, and build relationships with people who understand that "normal" isn't worth settling for.
If you're tired of hovering just above unbearable, this is your crew.
To your freedom and interdependence,
Wild Minds Community
