So having written the post on “Low Threshold of Inconvenience”, I’m putting some steps into practice. I made this list: entering the bubble don’t take inconvenience personally maintain a neutral, observing, experimental mindset put other thoughts out of my mind commit to 15 minutes to start as troubles and inconveniences pop up, note them down [...]
As I slowly woke from a deep slumber, I idly ticked through a list of possible things to do. All of them, worthwhile! All of them, just a little too much to get excited about. It’s a long-standing pattern, this, and I’ve at various times ascribed it to: a lack of intrinsic motivation a lack [...]
I went to sleep fairly early for me, around 1130PM. I got out of bed 12 hours later, which is a long time to sleep. I actually woke up around 8, but lingered in and out of naps (some kind of extended “Glee” drama was playing out in a dream, though there were cowboys and [...]
After writing that last post on my desire to be in a bubble of happiness, I went into the kitchen and really looked at it. It was a mess, and has been a source of constant low-level frustration for years. Since I tend to live in my head, I don’t usually notice things like the [...]
I got back from San Diego a few days ago, and have been spending the time getting reoriented. I was there on business for almost a week, which doesn’t seem like a long time, but that’s long enough to give myself a new perspective on my home. It’s rather messy, for one thing, and not [...]
I’m in San Diego for business in early February, and it’s quite a difference from the February we are having in New Hampshire. The expectation of year-round sunny weather can be seen everywhere from the design of the buildings to the expressions on people’s faces. I’m staying in a small rental room in what I [...]
