Yesterday I had an in-person conversation with Nathanael from my favorite online community. As with every first-time meet-up there was a lot to talk about.
While we exchanged parts of our back story he revealed that he was an athlete for 7 years and also did high-jumping. He even jumped higher than his physical height. That was astonishing to hear but also frustrated me in the first few minutes. Why?
Hunger is a global problem. If you are reading this, hunger is not your problem. You won’t starve to death. It is sad to know that estimated “300 million children go to bed hungry each night“. Be grateful you don’t. Goddammit be grateful that you can play using hunger as a toy for productivity and have fun doing so. I tell you how.
When you are hungry you want to stop being hungry. You don’t want to be hungry anymore. Like when you need to pee, you want to urinate. Or when you are horny, you want to have sex. These are very basic, instinctive and existential needs to guarantee your existence.
People need a strong you if you want them to rely on you. Take care of yourself, be good and healthy so you can take care of others after.
You can’t help another person when you are not in a strong physical and mental condition. Well, you can but the amount of help you provided would be low. Also, you would lower your own energy helping but only increase the helped person’s energy by a small degree. To say it harshly: Your help would be a waste of energy.