Proximity to the greats

I have noticed that I have had my cycles of ups and downs, and this week is mostly a cycle of down. And I realized that a big factor of the downs is that I get isolated and lose my touch with the grades. Basically, when you are at low. You find your way out of it and you start working and you are really really high. But of course work has its own challenges and then you start to go in the down because you get so busy with it that you lose touch with the things that got you from down to up. And one of the biggest things that gets you from down to up is looking at the greats to read about Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Napoleon, Caesar, Alexander. All these people and their thoughts let you know what the fuck is possible, and it makes all your problems seem so small. And then you just become a workhorse. But once you become a workhorse and then start facing challenges and don’t in touch with these guys, you are doing yourself a disservice and you enter the down cycle again. So I think next time it won’t happen for me because. I am not going to lose my touch with the books again.