Barbara
@barbara
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Barbara
trialerror404.substack.com
digest, integrate
To really like my work I have to look at it with different eyes. I have to forget everyone who did it better or faster, and remind myself that no one has ever done it quite the way I have. I have to remind myself that the people I compare myself to probably compare themselves to others and that if they let their self-doubt keep them from creating I... See more
Sari Azout ā¢ Make Something to Learn More About What's Inside You
comparison trap
By recognizing the higher-level consequences nature optimizes for, I've come to see that people who overweigh the first-order consequences of their decisions and ignore the effects of second- and subsequent-order consequences rarely reach their goals. This is because first-order consequences often have opposite desirabilities from second-order cons
... See moreEver throw a rock into a rolling ocean full of waves? Pretty uneventful.
But have you ever dropped a tiny pebble into a lake that's as still as a sheet of paper? And then watched it, like... Ripple forever?
That's how you should treat visualisation.
Make your mind as still as a country lake. That way, when you drop the faintest thought into it late
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Slowing down allows you to disconnect from the frenzied pace buzzing around you so you can begin moving at your own pace. The moments we choose to live in fast-forward motion then become a conscious choice rather than an involuntary action.
Doing Things Slowly
"To do the work, we need to rest, to read, to reconnect. It is the invisible labor that makes creative life possible."