Randy Blythe

For me, this sort of, and some people, like you mentioned earlier, like sex, gambling, all these things, these are external, these are attempts to use external measures to control ourselves, I think, to exert control, to make us feel better. And in the end, the only thing I have absolutely any control over is, is myself. And I don't even have control over my thought processes.

I can't control some of the thoughts that pop into my mind. But I can, with practice, control how much energy I feed those thoughts. I can, if I am intentional about this, control my attitude towards things that are happening beyond my control. Outside of my control. It is completely outside of my control that there is a wildfire in Los Angeles right now.

I can't control some of the thoughts that pop into my mind. But I can, with practice, control how much energy I feed those thoughts. I can, if I am intentional about this, control my attitude towards things that are happening beyond my control. Outside of my control. It is completely outside of my control that there is a wildfire in Los Angeles right now.

I can't control some of the thoughts that pop into my mind. But I can, with practice, control how much energy I feed those thoughts. I can, if I am intentional about this, control my attitude towards things that are happening beyond my control. Outside of my control. It is completely outside of my control that there is a wildfire in Los Angeles right now.

And it's even outside of my control that it upsets me and that I'm worried about my friends who live there. But what is in my control is me looking at the way I am reacting to that and rationally examining that and thinking, okay, it is useless for you to sit in this pit of anxiety. You need to think about what you can do because I have no control over it.

And it's even outside of my control that it upsets me and that I'm worried about my friends who live there. But what is in my control is me looking at the way I am reacting to that and rationally examining that and thinking, okay, it is useless for you to sit in this pit of anxiety. You need to think about what you can do because I have no control over it.

And it's even outside of my control that it upsets me and that I'm worried about my friends who live there. But what is in my control is me looking at the way I am reacting to that and rationally examining that and thinking, okay, it is useless for you to sit in this pit of anxiety. You need to think about what you can do because I have no control over it.

anything else in the world other than myself thank god because if i was control of everything it would just be a disaster right everything would be horrible i would make a horrible world dictator or whatever i but i can only control myself and my attitudes i think and and it's a constant work in progress it's constantly me reminding myself of that waking up every day and thinking Okay.

anything else in the world other than myself thank god because if i was control of everything it would just be a disaster right everything would be horrible i would make a horrible world dictator or whatever i but i can only control myself and my attitudes i think and and it's a constant work in progress it's constantly me reminding myself of that waking up every day and thinking Okay.

anything else in the world other than myself thank god because if i was control of everything it would just be a disaster right everything would be horrible i would make a horrible world dictator or whatever i but i can only control myself and my attitudes i think and and it's a constant work in progress it's constantly me reminding myself of that waking up every day and thinking Okay.

Today it could be really screwed up. What matters is how you respond to that rather than simply react.

Today it could be really screwed up. What matters is how you respond to that rather than simply react.

Today it could be really screwed up. What matters is how you respond to that rather than simply react.

Man, for one thing, it starts with how I start my day. I wake up, right? What I do every morning is I wake up and I make my coffee and I pour myself a cup and one for my girl and then I go into my study. And I do not look at my phone for the first hour I'm awake. I refuse to look at it. Absolutely. And it doesn't stay in the same room with me either.

Man, for one thing, it starts with how I start my day. I wake up, right? What I do every morning is I wake up and I make my coffee and I pour myself a cup and one for my girl and then I go into my study. And I do not look at my phone for the first hour I'm awake. I refuse to look at it. Absolutely. And it doesn't stay in the same room with me either.

Man, for one thing, it starts with how I start my day. I wake up, right? What I do every morning is I wake up and I make my coffee and I pour myself a cup and one for my girl and then I go into my study. And I do not look at my phone for the first hour I'm awake. I refuse to look at it. Absolutely. And it doesn't stay in the same room with me either.

It stays in a different room when I wake up and I don't have to look at it, use it as an alarm or anything. I do not touch it for at least an hour after I wake up. So I wake up and I read some meaningful literature, whether it be philosophy or an inspirational memoir or something. I'm not just waking up and reading nonsense.

It stays in a different room when I wake up and I don't have to look at it, use it as an alarm or anything. I do not touch it for at least an hour after I wake up. So I wake up and I read some meaningful literature, whether it be philosophy or an inspirational memoir or something. I'm not just waking up and reading nonsense.

It stays in a different room when I wake up and I don't have to look at it, use it as an alarm or anything. I do not touch it for at least an hour after I wake up. So I wake up and I read some meaningful literature, whether it be philosophy or an inspirational memoir or something. I'm not just waking up and reading nonsense.

Normally I like to read a bit of stoic philosophy, whether it be Epictetus or Marcus Aurelius or Seneca. And then I journal a little bit and I start off the day intentionally, no matter what is going on in my life by reading. placing myself firmly in reality and not looking at all this chaos that's coming at me through this screen, through this digital world.