I had a breaking point a few years back. And just let go of everything. Made eye contact with strangers. Dressed like a lunatic and danced in public. It was sort of like a severe “over correction”, and it worked amazingly well.

I called a competitor (my business was doing very poorly) and landed a really important job that helped me break into my industry. Eventually my competitor became a client for a different project.

Confrontation became easy. Things were really good. It’s kind of amazing how many problems go away when you’re unconcerned with others opinions.

Unfortunately I went into work mode during Covid and slipped back into my shell. I also think the maintenance of staying in that mindset was a little over the top. I was doing things I didn’t actually want to do to stay free from the prison of my mind. Like an exercise in not giving a fuck, because if I didn’t exercise that muscle I’d slide back.

I’m recognizing my need to over-correct again and be more aware of when I’m slipping backwards, but the thought of doing those “mental exercises” is not appealing. Maybe I just need to do one “mental exercise” a day or something lol instead of every damn thing that comes to mind. (Ex. Ask the person standing in line to dance with you)

Does anyone else have any experience with a breakthrough? Did you need to maintain that mindset?