remember to play. do offline activities. scribble. declutter. physically mentally socially. make a list. throw away, purge, move on, forgive. groom. shower, dye your hair, moisturise. connect with other human beings calibrate your baseline. own your expectations. lower the stakes. notice the abundance. be grateful. accept and expect change move (change environment and/or get blood…
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Short version Iin summary – to reduce perfectionism: be curious of my MO get clarity in expectations pacify my ego be smart about my resource allocation build empathy: what does this person want / expect (and this includes mentally stepping into one of my “selves”, treat them as another person, hear them out) and most…
I stopped seeking for truth. Now I only seek for usefulness[1]. https://www.instagram.com/p/C9FkHmlS45X/ Till my early 20’s, I used to run my life around the belief of “everything happens for a reason”. [2] Then in my late 20’s I learned about cognitive fallacies[3]. I realised that “everything happens for a reason” was basically me falling prey…
“You cannot perceive beauty but with a serene mind.” Thoreau This, basically, what I was talking about RE:any simple moment could be a joyful one if we’re in a healthy state of mind & physical capacity. Serene mind, calm heart, and healthy body can make any moment beautiful. Our perception is mainly guided and limited…
haha seems like I’m starting blogging again… just published http://proses.id/unhurried-conversations/ taking it slow writing really does recharge me. I’ve forgotten how healing it is. I mean proper writing. not just jotting things down (which I still do everyday, to empty my head, and just adds to backlog of unprocessed drafts). why not just tweet these…
My reading and thinking lately have been circling around this theme of emotional literacy and its adjacent topics Lately I’ve fallen into this rabbit hole. it started with one cluster, then I stumbled upon new ones and they grew somewhat interlinked Let me try to unravel them a bit here. Right now I don’t have…
Back in Sept 2020 (wow it’s been a while! just checked my note’s timestamp) I joined a group in Meetup called Unhurried Denver. What is it? It’s part of the Unhurried movement started by Johnnie Moore, a guy I came across when listening to On the Edge podcast. Quoting their section on Unhurried Conversations: https://www.unhurried.org/conversations…
Let me try out one experiment: I’ll start sharing one thing, one reflection of what I learned / what happened at work today, repurposed for an external audience. This is a refinement of what I was thinking about this in this post http://proses.id/dreams-are-better-off-dreamt/ Full time employment at least forces me to focus on some area,…
ok let’s see, what are actually frustrating me now too little time to actually sit down and finish a discussion, understand, decide, execute properly, develop a mature plan things not moving fast enough, needing approval, get people on the same page but also moving too fast at the same time, each week passed so quickly.…
Been reading Nancy Duarte’s book: Resonate. https://www.duarte.com/presentation-organization-different-structures/ Quick reference for structuring your presentations: These four structures have contrast inherently built into them, and work for persuasive presentations: Problem-solution: Arrange information by stating the problem and then the solution. Establishing that there’s a problem helps convince people of the need for change. Compare-contrast: Arrange information according…