been dancing a lot more in recent months. it's been conspicuous how totally comfortable I feel in my own skin, even if my dancing is awkward or people are watching.
to my surprise, it's not a total absence of discomfort. rather, it's more that I notice any discomfort that arises and have equanimity with it, love for it, courage in spite of it, keep dancing alongside it
my dancing is a little awkward and clunky and I'm fine with it. it's fun for me and inspiring to others. I'm hot and cool and fun just the way I dance, just for who I am
I find myself wanting to get a lot better at dancing, but it's coming from this really wholesome place.
I'm curious to learn more about dance- try new moves, styles, approaches. it's not in conflict with my self-love- I could dance the way I do forever and it would be fine!
it feels like dancing is a native tongue that is my birthright, all our birthrights- we are already all amazing dancers- AND I could learn more about eloquence and rhetoric and rhythm and all of the intricate poetic aspects of dance - and that would be fun!
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my current thinking on a small/medium/large theory of monasteries
over time i've seen two monasteries grow in scale: maple in vermont from small to medium to large, and oak in california from small to medium. willow in canada is small now 👶 and growing fast
small: <= 8 people
medium: 8-15 people
large: 20+ people
had a lovely chat with @peternlimberg today and found myself talking about how i'm currently using alts on Twitter, thought i'd share here in case others are interested
this year i had the intention to start a journaling habit. i made this easier on myself by making as many possible capture places as possible: a physical journal, digital journal... it was easy to add alts to that
I'm drafting a blog post about mental models and am reading here and there from different authors who've written on them, including my friend @ejames_c. Very impressed with the trajectory he took in researching and writing about mental models:
1) Argue against common practice of reading descriptions of mental models for "self-improvement and success."
"Don’t read blogs written by non-practitioners... Don’t read Farnam Street. Don’t read self-help hacks on Medium... Hell, don’t read this blog." commoncog.com/blog/the-menta…
2) Write a series of six blog posts articulating a "constructive alternative" with "an actionable summary of the judgment and decision making literature" commoncog.com/blog/a-framewo…
if i'm not mistaken i started a publishing company today
to be clear, this means entering stage 2.0 of my blog, tasshin.com, and newsletter. it means asking lots of people to help in very specific ways
the plan is that my months of silence on the blog (due to extensive meditation retreat) will end soon and I'll have a flood of new posts to share with you and the world
friends, as you may have heard, i just emerged yesterday from 100 days of solitary retreat. i had planned on ~60 but stayed longer than expected, not because of the virus.
i am safe and healthy and hope you are too.
as you can imagine it's been a very confusing transition - both because the world is dramatically different and because it's confusing to switch from a small cabin with nothing to do but follow my breath, to a world with emails and tweets and slack messages and phones.
a few quick impressions, since so many have asked. i hope to write more in my newsletter soon but it's all a moving piece of adjustment and re-orientation.