There is a 99.99% chance you are destined to live a boring, unexceptional life.

And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Living an exceptional life is just that. It’s an exception to what is normal.

Because of this fact, we are obsessed with the 0.001% who live truly remarkable lives.

The outliers who live in their chosen extreme such as:

• David Goggin’s – Did BUD/S (Navy Seal Training) 3 times. World Record holder with 4030 pullups in 17 hours. 60+ ultra-marathons.
• Elon Musk – Runs two companies. One makes spaceships. The other, electric cars.
• Hunter S. Thompson – Author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Hunter S. Thompson made the list because of one thing – his famous drug use. Below was his daily routine in his prime:

• 3:00 p.m. rise
• 3:05 p.m. Chivas Regal with the morning papers, Dunhills
• 3:45 p.m. cocaine
• 3:50 p.m. another glass of Chivas, Dunhill
• 4:05 p.m. first cup of coffee, Dunhill
• 4:15 p.m. cocaine
• 4:16 p.m. orange juice, Dunhill
• 4:30 p.m. cocaine
• 4:54 p.m. cocaine
• 5:05 p.m. cocaine
• 5:11 p.m. coffee, Dunhills
• 5:30 p.m. more ice in the Chivas
• 5:45 p.m. cocaine, etc., etc.
• 6:00 p.m. grass to take the edge off the day
• 7:05 p.m. Woody Creek Tavern for lunch-Heineken, two margaritas, coleslaw, a taco salad, a double order of fried onion rings, carrot cake, ice cream, a bean fritter, Dunhills, another Heineken, cocaine, and for the ride home, a snow cone (a glass of shredded ice over which is poured three or four jig­gers of Chivas)
• 9:00 p.m. starts snorting cocaine seriously
• 10:00 p.m. drops acid
• 11:00 p.m. Chartreuse, cocaine, grass
• 11:30 p.m. cocaine, etc, etc.
• 12:00 midnight, Hunter S. Thompson is ready to write
• 12:05-6:00 a.m. Chartreuse, cocaine, grass, Chivas, coffee, Heineken, clove cigarettes, grapefruit, Dunhills, orange juice, gin, continuous pornographic movies.
• 6:00 a.m. the hot tub-champagne, Dove Bars, fettuccine Alfredo
• 8:00 a.m. Halcyon
• 8:20 a.m. sleep

While the lives of these three men make fantastic stories to read about, the reality is that their lifestyles have tremendous downside:

David Goggins pushes himself to his physical limit every DAY. Just read his book “Can’t Hurt Me“.

Elon Musk publicly said “You don’t want to be me”. He works 100+ hours every week.

Hunter S. Thompson killed himself due to years of drug abuse (see the above).

It’s may be fun to dream about having an exceptional life, but there’s something amazing about just living a normal one.