6,000 Problems
Every day we think around 6,000 thoughts (some experts say up to 70,000).
That’s 6,000 problems.
Why?
Because the original Greek word for problem means “to put forth.”
Problēma → Proballein → To throw something in your way
If you think about it, the problem not only shows the way;
The problem is the way.
Those 6,000 thoughts?
They are 6,000 opportunities to move forward.
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Not All Problems Are Equal.
You drift.
You daydream.
You assume the worst.
You create fake suffering.
You run countless pointless scenarios.
These problems disappear the moment you focus on what matters.
The less great stuff you do each day, the more the bad problems multiply.
Boredom. Stress. Inertia. Minutia. Stagnation.
A mind that has nothing real to create invents its own poison.
Your thoughts are signals for both your internal and external world.
Solve what needs solving. Ignore what doesn’t deserve your attention. Move.
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Fight Your Papancha
“Papancha” is a Buddhist word for mental chatter.
Think. Even monks, living a “simple” life free of social media, pleasure, and modern noise, have to train against our inner chaos.
Maybe meditation, isolation, fasting, or hermitage aren’t your thing.
Maybe your version is working out, running, lifting, walking.
Find the thing that kills the inner chatter.
When that goes quiet, everything else becomes clear.
You have 6,000 ways to move forward every day.
You can just do things.
So do.