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RE: Consider yourself on notice

in OCD5 years ago (edited)

Even on days when I don't write, I write. Immediately after a couple cups of coffee and some meditation time (generally mingled with dog scratches) I write at least a page in my journal. On it's very best days it is laser focused and bursting with need. On it's less than great days it's a simple recitation.

There are days when I fall into the trap of doing rather than being. Not that I don't need to 'do' but without any time just being those days tend to lump into the survived or forgettable category.

I'm reasonably good at assessing and honoring my 'inner me'. That guy is thoughtful and considered. Daily me tends to make judgments and react right away. The way the two interact is the way my day goes.

And I know that when you have a sick kid all that shit goes out the window and you just do what you can. And in truth, what you can is perfectly good in certain circumstance. Sick child being one.

I hope smallsteps is back to full tilt today.

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On it's very best days it is laser focused and bursting with need. On it's less than great days it's a simple recitation.

I see it kind of like innovation, a lot of it is very average but needs to be developed in order to find the exceptional.

I'm reasonably good at assessing and honoring my 'inner me'.

Do you ever get the feeling that at least the baby steps toward developing these skills should be introduced much, much earlier in life. Why should wisdom be for the aged alone? :D

And in truth, what you can is perfectly good in certain circumstance.

Perhaps this is where "good defaults" can come into play - when what you can is good enough. I think a lot of the time there is "What I could - and what I did", where what I did was an underdeveloped default and if I had paid attention, I could have done better :)

I see it kind of like innovation, a lot of it is very average but needs to be developed in order to find the exceptional.

Exactly so. I see development in my journal all the time. Like most readers, sometimes I even go back to see the differences.

Do you ever get the feeling that at least the baby steps toward developing these skills should be introduced much, much earlier in life. Why should wisdom be for the aged alone? :D

There is no doubt that I'd have been better served by learning these skills than much of the work I did in school. I actually use very little of my schooling, except as a basis for learning more.

I'm certainly not going to say that 'what I can' isn't open for examination and improvement. Just that from time to time 'what I can' is better, way better than 'I think I might'.

I actually use very little of my schooling, except as a basis for learning more.

The strangest thing for most is, they don't actually teach how to learn, just what to learn. Imagine a student that spent the formative years learning how to learn and then, how quickly they could complete secondary, tertiary and whatever other studies they do.