OHAI!
It has to start somewhere It has to start sometime
What better place than here, what better time than now?
Zack de la Rocha from Rage Against the Machine in Guerrilla Radio, from The battle of Los Angeles album
The why
I guess I needed one more challenge, so I challenge myself to write about the things that I’m going about.
I expect no audience and I make no promises on keeping a writing schedule.
I’ve recently started to document the things I learn (I mean Aha! moments) every day. But the problem is that once I put those into paper, I never glance back at them. Also, when I write them, they are mostly bulletized and disconnected (as far as writing goes). So the ideas are there but I feel like they’re being thrown into a void. I need to change that. I need to connect and incorporate those ideas and findings into my daily praxis.
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So, my plan is to each week condense those ideas and findings in a short post. Hopefully that will allow me to gather my thoughts, find a logical narrative thread and synthesize those learnings into something I can refer back to from time to time. Hopefully.
What will I write about?
Right now I’m experimenting with meditation; I’ve changed my diet and eating regimen for a Ketogenic diet and my own blend of Intermittent Fasting, a couple of months ago and am experiencing phenomenal results; I’m doing game development in Unity; I’m learning Blender; I’m working almost daily with Golang; I’m tracking my finances using Kakebo; I’m (re)learning Android development; I’m on a Calisthenics physical training plan towards an athletic goal; I’ve been taking cold showers every day for two months now, and I’ve noticed enhanced mood and weight loss; I’m learning two new languages (Czech and Korean); I’m developing my own journal system for keeping this all tracked; I’m gathering a list of things I want to experience and putting them on a pipeline where I actually will do them; I’m learning how to be happy now; and I go about an try a lot of apparently random things every few days or weeks to see if they serve me and my goals, and if they fit into my life.
All this and more can show up here. So there’s no apparent conductive thread, but there’s a common link between all the things that I write about: Me and the strive to expand my comfort zone.
My hope is that someone will eventually read about some of my findings and Aha! moments, and that will be enough to provide an Aha! moment for themselves. If it does, great — I’m happy that what I wrote helped you to avoid having to spend the same time it took me to learn it. Whenever I can, I also lean on other people’s findings and distillations to fast-forward to results as quickly as I can.
If what you read is helpful in any way, or if you think I’m completely wrong, please do let me know in the comments. I’m always open to learn about others’ experiences and their opinions and findings; It’s in the sharing and discussion of ideas that the breakthroughs occur, usually for all those involved in the discussion — so engage, add to it, discord… Just don’t be passive about it if you feel likewise or otherwise to what you read.
Now, if I need to part with an action point:
Escape your comfort zone. However you can, whenever you can; never settle: wherever you are in life right now, now that you are more.
See you on the outside.
