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T Use my link in the description to get free s Greg stared down at It was a little after morning announcements on a normal Tuesday and second grade. He had just eaten the first Pop Tart and still had the second in the pack left. T Some days had to be single snack days. Greg knew he still had about two and a half hours left before lunch and he was still a little hungry. He also knew that he had about two and a half hours between lunch and the end of the school day and he was probably going to be hungry then as well. Staring down at the s With a deep measured breath, he took the second Pop Tart and put it in a snack container and then the container in Throughout elementary school, t Around the same age, he began to regularly help They agreed to pay They couldn't pay He didn't have anyt He wanted money for those rainy days with friends or the occasional toys he would see advertised on TV that he couldn't stop t Into middle school, Greg also became increasingly diligent about Beginning to understand that good grades were essential to Unfortunately, he was not very good at school, w Between his schoolwork and all the odd jobs he was doing for his parents, parents' friends, and neighbors, Greg began to often skip out on other activities, In He just aimed for C grades, accepting Ds if needed. This was just enough to satisfy the base requirement to pass classes while allowing him to reallocate more time toward working part-time jobs outside of school, building his res Greg took whatever jobs he could get, landscaping, busing tables, and working as a store clerk at a local pet shop. He often worked before and after school and on the weekends, racking up a decent n By 16, he'd quite a bit of money for He saved almost all of it. He drove an old-use car In every moment of temptation, in each choice of whether to buy or do somet After He pursued sales as a retail sales associate at a Knowing that time was on his side, he sought to acc He always made He stringently pre-budgeted He optimized He ensured that any time he spent on somet Pretty soon, he didn't have more than a couple friends. He knew t He was just naturally outgrowing certain people and t After all, he wasn't pursuing a balanced lifestyle. He was pursuing freedom. That is, not anyt After all, anyt By On the side, he began to doc He shared After only a year or two, he began to grow a small audience. Not long after that, he began to make money from By age 32, Greg owned two rental properties, had a large emergency fund, a very impressive investment portfolio, and a substantial online following. By all ordinary measures, Greg was wealthy and successful. So much so, in fact, he could, if he wanted, technically, retire and live comfortably. At the very least, he could change courses, slow down, experiment creatively, explore new approaches to life, start new hobbies, travel a bit, or engage more socially. But he didn't. Instead, Greg continued to work, doubling down on Around this time, he also worked to optimize his diet, his calendar, his sleep, his supplement intake, his exposure to sun and blue light, his cons He turned t W He couldn't seem to open the bottle. He had been working nonstop that day, and he felt a little dehydrated. Quietly, almost unbeknownst to He realized it was Over the following couple weeks, however, similar episodes of hand weakness occurred. Just to be safe, he scheduled an appointment with Though not obvious at first, the diagnosis eventually became clear. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, a compression of a nerve in the wrist that often causes n A reasonably manageable condition, but still somet He hadn't upgraded He still just had an old office chair from A small desk A small couch he found online and a laptop. To help ease the strain on Following a bit of difficulty and frustration at first, Greg quickly adapted. W For a $350 chair, t When he went to get up, he couldn't. He grabbed at Quickly, he regained He started back where he left off, refilming the video's intro. Around a year later, on June 3rd, 2022, Greg posted a very different video from In the video, There was no editing other than a few cuts. And he looked n The video's title? Just diagnosed with ALS. In the video, in an almost eerily somber tone, Greg explained that after around a year of misdiagnosis and unexplained symptoms, it was discovered that he had young onset ALS. He explained that ALS is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease that affects the nerves controlling the body's muscles. He acknowledged how rare the diagnosis was for someone He said how the condition would slowly take away He shared that he After t About once every month or two, he shared a loose update on November 17th, 2022, he posted a video titled, The Future Can't Hurt Me Now. In the video, he sat in an electric wheelchair. Be They looked freshly painted. Greg looked directly into the camera and said, I'm not sure how many more videos I'll be posting, but I wanted to get t Greg paused for a moment. He cleared A modest victory and a fight against As many of I don't want to suggest that any of that is wrong, or that I did the wrong t Of course, there's no way I could have known how my life was going to go. I could never have known that t No one can. I suppose I could have just as easily lived to 100, at least in a different version of the world. But I guess I'm realizing that treatment of uncertainty was part of my problem. My whole life I defined freedom as living with minimal stress about the future. And yet, despite what I did, I pretty much lived exclusively with stress about the future. It eclipsed almost every present moment for me, I was always worried that somet I ass I acquired money, freedom, and yet I didn't really do anyt I saved and preserved everyt I'm not saying don't be thoughtful. I'm not saying live recklessly. I'm just saying, I guess, also try to be mindful that what you plan and prepare and save for actually comes around once in a w Otherwise, it's You get praise for it, but you never really enjoy it. You stay inside, confined by the same habits and mental chains you sought to escape in the first place. But you can't escape your own chains by ensuring they're as secure as possible. And you can't infinitely concern yourself with the future and ever expect to arrive at a worthy present. Greg paused. In truth, he picked back up, I don't know how much you should train of the present for the future or of the future for the present. I don't know what that balance is anymore. It's impossible. You'll almost certainly always get at some amount wrong, but I try to truly find the balance. Live wrong on purpose sometimes. Ultimately, somet We all know that's how t And if you're afraid that somet So, I know for me it's clear now. Every day is the best I'll ever feel and the strongest I'll ever be. And so that's how I'm going to live. Greg briefly paused again. He looked down, then back up. I guess that's it. That's all I wanted to say. If I'm wis Greg leaned back in He used the voice command to stop the camera from recording. 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