The point of a to-do list isn’t to reach the bottom.
Your brain can hold at four chunks in working memory. Five if you’re lucky.
The brain didn’t evolve for Information Age. Four wont cut it anymore.
Our minds become fractured simply by existing in the West.
Your brain can hold at four chunks in working memory. Five if you’re lucky.
The brain didn’t evolve for Information Age. Four wont cut it anymore.
Our minds become fractured simply by existing in the West.
You could argue,”Maybe you should try doing less stuff”.
But unless you live in a monastery, I don’t think that’s possible anymore.
A to-do list is a representation of your intuition.
Much like how a piece of paper lets you solve a math problem or explore an idea.
But unless you live in a monastery, I don’t think that’s possible anymore.
A to-do list is a representation of your intuition.
Much like how a piece of paper lets you solve a math problem or explore an idea.
Most people use to-do lists in the wrong way.
They put down a desire and hope to achieve it.
No, no.
You sit down and think about why you want that. You clarify that task. You take a minute or three and think about the most physical next step.
They put down a desire and hope to achieve it.
No, no.
You sit down and think about why you want that. You clarify that task. You take a minute or three and think about the most physical next step.
The tasks you’ve clarified will act as an extension of your memory and you should be able to intuitively “see” everything you want to do.
Mindfulness accomplishes the same thing.
It’s a mindfulness system that makes your intentions explicit.
Mindfulness accomplishes the same thing.
It’s a mindfulness system that makes your intentions explicit.
Meditation is an extreme method that addresses this.
Why do you think it’s so popular now? Especially in Silicon Valley?
People are torn by all these competing interests in their life, especially the ambitious types.
Meditation offers a respite.
Why do you think it’s so popular now? Especially in Silicon Valley?
People are torn by all these competing interests in their life, especially the ambitious types.
Meditation offers a respite.
But meditation isn’t a plan.
You should have a plan because:
1. Brain didn’t evolve to handle all this information. Anxiety happens as a result of unresolved tasks.
2. Meditation isn’t enough to rewrite the biological layer that feels anxiety for competing desires.
You should have a plan because:
1. Brain didn’t evolve to handle all this information. Anxiety happens as a result of unresolved tasks.
2. Meditation isn’t enough to rewrite the biological layer that feels anxiety for competing desires.
Mindfulness is a necessary but not sufficient strategy for addressing the anxiety in your life because no human brain can address all the open loops pulling your attention everywhere.
It helps but you still need a plan.
Mindfulness is step 1.
“Why am I doing this?”
It helps but you still need a plan.
Mindfulness is step 1.
“Why am I doing this?”
As for the people trying to live their lives without expectation, without a plan.
Good luck rebelling against evolution.
At best you’ll be able to do it for like an hour a day, unless you got some kind of brain abnormality.
Then congratulations. You’re the Buddha now.
Good luck rebelling against evolution.
At best you’ll be able to do it for like an hour a day, unless you got some kind of brain abnormality.
Then congratulations. You’re the Buddha now.
