I have a talking point that I want to bang on about more in different ways
that is "you can only respond to what you notice"
not being able to notice something (if it lies outside your awareness) renders you choiceless
expanding your capacity to notice things gives you agency
"expanded awareness" is experienced spatially, but extends just as effectively into conceptual spaces
if you can't notice the bus coming, you can't step out of the way
if you can't notice the belief you hold, you can't question it
if you can't notice your emotional responses, you will either be taken over by emotion, you will miss important information from your embodied self, or more likely, both
if you can't notice all the ways you could make a choice, you will default to the choices that feel familiar
the choices that feel familiar are, by definition, choices you have already made a lot
being unable to make unfamiliar choices, therefore, is symptomatic of being stuck
adding the Alexander Technique idea of Faulty Sensory Appreciation is interesting here
"the things that are familiar will feel 'right', even if they don't map onto reality"
so things you do repeatedly 'feel right', even if they're wrong, and you can't notice the way out
all this expansion of awareness stuff gives you the capacity to notice when:
- choices feel familiar or unfamiliar
- to notice what's actually happening in the world despite how right or wrong it feels
- to stay in the unfamiliar space and allow a transformation from a new choice
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I have a horrible feeling that learning a whole bunch of stuff about Personal Knowledge Management and getting nerdy about tools and workflows has made me rather less effective at managing my personal knowledge
and if not less effective then certainly more anxious
maybe I just need to embrace @visakanv junkyard approach, I might just be a junkyard person
I'm sick (testing negative for COVID though) and it's funny that the absence of a positive COVID test kinda makes me feel like whatever it is that is making me feel crappy is somehow... illegitimate?
weird times, to need a positive test to feel like feeling sick is justified
"well I don't have COVID"
"yes but I clearly feel unwell"
"yes but there are no tests for that"
...
"but this is how things *have always been*"
this is not me complaining about COVID or the need to test for it when feeling unwell
it's just interesting to observe this thought pattern in response to "feel sick" ∩ "test negative for COVID"