HOW TO HACK YOURSELF

29/4/25

I paid seventy thousand
for a crypto travel club
to trick my thrifty Chinese mind
into luxury.

I know this mind—
raised humble,
mom shopping Costco,
calculating each dollar spent
like tiny losses
against survival.

But here’s the hack—
I weaponize my conditioning,
deploy savings addiction
against itself,
rewire frugality
as first-class tickets,
turn scarcity
into the sacred
ritual
of flight.

I leverage
my instincts
for bargains
to barter with myself—
frequent flyer status
becomes
a spiritual attainment,
the lounge,
a temple of abundance,
boarding early,
a meditation
in worthiness.

Suddenly,
I’m smiling—
manipulated willingly
by my own clever hand,
tricked
into living
larger
than scarcity
ever allowed.

— Starheart