There's a popular clip from Joe Rogan out there where he says "Be the hero of your own movie. If your life was a movie and it started now. ... What would the hero of your life’s movie do right now? Do that. Do those things."

So it's interesting that this cognitive state is helpful for some people to visit in a transient or metaphorical way but becomes weird when it's persistent. But it does seem potentially related in that maybe it originates from a kind of conscientiousness in the astronaut profession

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SoftTalker an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Don't take life advice from Joe Rogan.

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CoolestBeans an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think if you've been alive long enough you've had to deal with situations where you need to put aside your ego and just do the thing that has to be done to overcome it. But to sort of be in a similar mode virtually all the time, even if its contributing to your own self-actualization and what you value, and then suddenly stop has to be extremely disorienting.

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CobrastanJorji 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Why would I want to be the hero at the START of the movie? That's when I'm just doing my daily shit and I'm showing off all of my character flaws. That's the worst possible moment of the movie to be aping the hero.

	▲	ninjalanternshk an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Because it’s hard to transition from daily grind into peak hero. Hence, start when the hero is ordinary, like you are (I speak of the concept, not you in particular.)
	▲	pimlottc 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Because the start of the movie is where the hero does the things that lead to their victory
	▲	influx 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		You get to go through the montage section, that's the best part!
	▲	antonvs an hour ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Besides, what if Dujour and Choi don’t knock on my door, never lead me to Trinity, so Morpheus never offers me the red pill? Now I’m just stuck as an ordinary schlub.
	▲	parineum 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Because you want to be the one that over comes all of your flaws.