David Deida
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
It hurt me too much.
For instance, when I went to college at 16 years old, I entered a program that was a combination of medical school and undergraduate school.
at a very young age so i was going to medical school very early and studying science and all of these things and at one point i remember just sitting there in the library studying i you know i was dissecting brains and labs i was in it deep and suddenly it was just like i can't do this anymore like the i've outgrown this or uh it's become obsolete for me as much as i loved it
until yesterday, today, it's done.
And for some reason, I was able, I mean, I didn't just quit, you know, I let things go in an easy way, in a responsible way, but it became clear to me that that phase had ended.
And usually, I don't know what the next phase is.
I spent a year living under a tarp on a beach on a deserted part of Hawaii with no money at all.
And
Out of that year came my first book.
So I didn't know that.
I just thought, I'm done.
I'm going to just live under a tarp as cheap as possible.
So I did.
And then I just started writing.
I didn't plan on it.
And
I began to realize that if I could surrender to that process and not be lazy to really put in the work as things arose for me, that what I created from that place of depth was worth something to people.
So I learned to make a living doing what I love.
I don't know if that's answering your question.
Yes, I would say that the pain of living an untrue life for me exceeded the fear of what might happen if I do.