Washout Day 2: May 14, 2022
I had a super interesting experience while taking a nap. I was feeling tired, and my thoughts got more and more negative until I fell asleep. I woke up feeling super horny and my mind kept thinking of this girl that I used to have a crush on. The more I thought about her the more my mind swirled into negative emotions, it was the same kind of frustration that I felt yesterday when I didn’t approach that girl. The general feeling was that I would have been able to be with her if only I had access to Subclub at the time, (more specifically Emperor).
A version of myself started asking me what I would do I do if I was to run into her again. How would she react to seeing how much I’d changed over the years? How would she react to seeing that I was on my way to becoming an Emperor? It stood behind me as I went through each possible scenario, each one trying a different approach than the previous one. Each time I failed the voice would ask me the same question over and over again, as if it was expecting a specific answer from me. Eventually, I gave up on the idea, and told turned around to tell myself the answer that I had been looking for all along. Nothing would change, because she and I aren’t compatible, she isn’t meant to be with me. I smiled at myself before waking up and feeling completely clear of my negative feelings. I had known the answer all along, but I had wanted to be with her as a way to prove her wrong. For the longest time, my fuel for pushing myself was spite, not just towards her but towards everyone that had ever rejected me. Those feelings were how I kept myself together when I was all alone, especially during the lockdowns where I was the most isolated that I’d ever been. When I try to summon back up those feelings, I realize that I don’t give a shit about those people. I don’t care for their validation or attention.
After this realization, I went to my Instagram and cleaned up my followers. I finally bit the bullet and removed the people I hadn’t spoken to in years. As hard as it is for me to admit, they aren’t my friends, or at least they haven’t been for some time. I was holding on to the memories of good times and what could have been instead of being focused on the present moment.
I want to become an Emperor and to do that I need to let go of all of the things holding me back, whether they be internal or external.