Not sure what you'll think of this, but my sense is that you've not reached the satisfaction levels you expect in this quest.
I think your number 3. is overwhelmingly taking over the rest of your 4 initial points and somehow trying to compensate for the other 3.
1. If you accept the absurd, it is no longer absurd and does not deserve a mention.
2. Embracing freedom is a necessity, a necessary reason 'à la Spinoza', and should therefore be an enjoyment of sorts not a burden.
3. (Passion) I've already mentioned above and, in my view, is overrated.
And 4. I totally agree with. It is the only one that makes sense to me practically and philosophically.
By the way, the core ideas you've listed in your piece are relevant today and in the future, some of them are groundbreaking, and all are worthy of research benefitting us all. Keep going!!
Apologies for the direct reply but your passion is contagious.
Thank you. This is all a work in progress. Point three is really just about living once you understand thr absurd, like you said. It's less about passion than it seems. I'll write 13 pieces in this vein and then we'll move into managing futility... which should be fun, lol.
Amazing to see your mid/long-term plans in the open. So clear! Surely you must have been 'ruminating' this for quite some time. Looking forward to more reading. All the best!
It's messy when you stuff in the open. You make mistakes, you say dumb shit, you get lost, you stumble, and people have a lot to say about it. But ultimately I think it's important to demonstrate how non-linear these pursuits are. I know you get this!
It's mostly all free. I put the voiceovers behind a pay wall to give people who support me a little more. I used to do behind the seens uncut stuff from my podcasts, and I used to put more personal stuff behind the pay wall, but I don't have it figured out. I think it's a volume game but figuring out what people want is the hard part. I think you have to really understand what your audience comes to you for as a starting point, but how to convert more … sheesh. Availability heuristic? Consistency? Neither of which I have exploited into well. Let m3 know what you find out!😆
Yeah I totally get it I feel like we clean the garage out every month and it never gets cleaned to my satisfaction because we're so busy doing stuff we should have kept up with all month. But that's our system and if that's all the time we want to dedicate to that then those are the results we get. If I were to dedicate time every weekend to putting things in the rightful place it wouldn't be so bad every month, but that's just not my process. I'm not really about guilt for Guilt sake. guilt when transmuted into action can be useful but it should be changed rather than just sitting stagnant so either you have to change the guilt you feel for Stuff being everywhere or you have to change the stuff being everywhere. You could look at it a little differently and say my creativity comes about from my messy patterns, and then you wouldn't have to change anything, but if there's something that's bothering you then you probably should change some things. It was great to see you today💕
"...and because of my variability, I need regular checkins with myself..."
I forget this about myself as well. I like your suggestion of an R & R workshop with our recent thought dumps of ourselves. I have been writing my notes for years with some idea of one day organizing it all into something that makes sense outside my head. Now, I have many random journals and seemingly disconnected sketch books. Does it matter after all this time to view it? Will I drive myself mad going back into that world? Do I start with the hurdle of long ago, or do I move on with new notes and new feelings telling myself, this time, I'll sit down and make sense of it?
What great questions and problems to have. For me, I go back based in specific inquiries. Which is maybe why I do digital Journaling now I can search specific phrases. But sometimes going in with an inquiry you come out withbsomethi else. If this drives you mad maybe the problem is deeper and warrants deeper investigation. But sometimes getting lost *IS* the answer. For example, I wondered how I dealt with my mom when I was younger so I went back through my paper journals from my teens. I learned a lot about other areas of my life and how I offloaded the pressure. Getting a little lost had always been a helpful mechanism for me. But I have anchors that tether me back to reality. So do you. 💕💕
I should explore the shift to digital recordings. Pulling up relevant notes quicker sounds more satisfying than the guilt of searching through my journals knowing I don't have time to be searching through my journals.
Diving deep drives me mad probably because it's all spewed out there isn't it, no organized process about it, and feels like walking into a messy storage house where no one (shoot, me) bothered to label any boxes.
I enjoy your approach as it reminds me that most of my problems are my own dang fault, and with some inquiry into self, completely resolvable.
Not sure what you'll think of this, but my sense is that you've not reached the satisfaction levels you expect in this quest.
I think your number 3. is overwhelmingly taking over the rest of your 4 initial points and somehow trying to compensate for the other 3.
1. If you accept the absurd, it is no longer absurd and does not deserve a mention.
2. Embracing freedom is a necessity, a necessary reason 'à la Spinoza', and should therefore be an enjoyment of sorts not a burden.
3. (Passion) I've already mentioned above and, in my view, is overrated.
And 4. I totally agree with. It is the only one that makes sense to me practically and philosophically.
By the way, the core ideas you've listed in your piece are relevant today and in the future, some of them are groundbreaking, and all are worthy of research benefitting us all. Keep going!!
Apologies for the direct reply but your passion is contagious.
Thank you. This is all a work in progress. Point three is really just about living once you understand thr absurd, like you said. It's less about passion than it seems. I'll write 13 pieces in this vein and then we'll move into managing futility... which should be fun, lol.
Amazing to see your mid/long-term plans in the open. So clear! Surely you must have been 'ruminating' this for quite some time. Looking forward to more reading. All the best!
It's messy when you stuff in the open. You make mistakes, you say dumb shit, you get lost, you stumble, and people have a lot to say about it. But ultimately I think it's important to demonstrate how non-linear these pursuits are. I know you get this!
Not sure I can be as open as you are about it though. But yeah, I get I.
May I ask you how you approach paid subscriptions for your content? Not all your stuff is free, right?. How do you decide, what, when, and why?
Could do with some advice...
Don't worry if you don't have the time to answer. It's fine.
It's mostly all free. I put the voiceovers behind a pay wall to give people who support me a little more. I used to do behind the seens uncut stuff from my podcasts, and I used to put more personal stuff behind the pay wall, but I don't have it figured out. I think it's a volume game but figuring out what people want is the hard part. I think you have to really understand what your audience comes to you for as a starting point, but how to convert more … sheesh. Availability heuristic? Consistency? Neither of which I have exploited into well. Let m3 know what you find out!😆
I appreciate you taking the time to explain.
Don't want to waste too much time in the setup (free seems to be the simplest) but then I also think there must a convertible value.
Rewarding with 'more' those who go out of their way to support you makes sense. Got to work out what that is though.
I'll probably make some changes soon and make sure to let you know the results. Wish me luck...
Yeah I totally get it I feel like we clean the garage out every month and it never gets cleaned to my satisfaction because we're so busy doing stuff we should have kept up with all month. But that's our system and if that's all the time we want to dedicate to that then those are the results we get. If I were to dedicate time every weekend to putting things in the rightful place it wouldn't be so bad every month, but that's just not my process. I'm not really about guilt for Guilt sake. guilt when transmuted into action can be useful but it should be changed rather than just sitting stagnant so either you have to change the guilt you feel for Stuff being everywhere or you have to change the stuff being everywhere. You could look at it a little differently and say my creativity comes about from my messy patterns, and then you wouldn't have to change anything, but if there's something that's bothering you then you probably should change some things. It was great to see you today💕
"...and because of my variability, I need regular checkins with myself..."
I forget this about myself as well. I like your suggestion of an R & R workshop with our recent thought dumps of ourselves. I have been writing my notes for years with some idea of one day organizing it all into something that makes sense outside my head. Now, I have many random journals and seemingly disconnected sketch books. Does it matter after all this time to view it? Will I drive myself mad going back into that world? Do I start with the hurdle of long ago, or do I move on with new notes and new feelings telling myself, this time, I'll sit down and make sense of it?
Appreciate you and your reminders!
What great questions and problems to have. For me, I go back based in specific inquiries. Which is maybe why I do digital Journaling now I can search specific phrases. But sometimes going in with an inquiry you come out withbsomethi else. If this drives you mad maybe the problem is deeper and warrants deeper investigation. But sometimes getting lost *IS* the answer. For example, I wondered how I dealt with my mom when I was younger so I went back through my paper journals from my teens. I learned a lot about other areas of my life and how I offloaded the pressure. Getting a little lost had always been a helpful mechanism for me. But I have anchors that tether me back to reality. So do you. 💕💕
I should explore the shift to digital recordings. Pulling up relevant notes quicker sounds more satisfying than the guilt of searching through my journals knowing I don't have time to be searching through my journals.
Diving deep drives me mad probably because it's all spewed out there isn't it, no organized process about it, and feels like walking into a messy storage house where no one (shoot, me) bothered to label any boxes.
I enjoy your approach as it reminds me that most of my problems are my own dang fault, and with some inquiry into self, completely resolvable.