After all the delays in flights, cancelled busses, and taxis needed to get home - I ended up only getting a few hours sleep before having to take work meetings again. The meetings however aren't quite the same as I would normally have though, as with just a week left til my last day where I am obligated to work, my motivation isn't very high. One of the meetings was to discuss how I want to tell the team and announce leaving across the company - as if it somehow matters to me.
Would I regret it if I just fade away into the night?
The first quote is from Dr Seuss, the second is from Lewis Carroll, and they were mounted posters at the hotel at which I stayed. When I was eating breakfast on the first morning, I was positioned directly opposite the change one, pondering just how much I change throughout the day. But at the core, my thoughts were how I normally feel in the moments when I first wake up, and that I don't know who I am at that time. There is a moment where my brain hasn't come to terms with reality, and for just a moment, I am nobody.
Anyone else get that?
Of course, a moment later and who I am comes flooding back in, as do all of the problems of that familiar person. Being nobody however, even for a split second, is freeing - it is like all the pains are gone, all the problems, all the failures. For that instant, there is unknown potential.
And then limitation sets in.
In that instant, complete change. We like to think we know who we are, but at the end of the day, I don't believe we really spend much time investigating whether we are right or not. And of course, we never have much insight into our full potential, because even when we test it, we can't know how much is left in reserve, how much further we can go. At least, not under normal circumstances. Though there are plenty of stories where people have shown superhuman abilities under duress, like the mother who lifts a car off a trapped child.
What if we could all tap into that energy on demand?
I was talking with a mother of one of our daughter's friends tonight, and how so much of what we do is to avoid doing what we know we should do instead. We know what we should eat, but don't. We know we should spend time learning skills of value, but sit watching nonsense on a screen. We know we should do this, but do that. We have all of the moments to do the right thing in our own eyes, but consistently choose to do something else.
The first quote looks at the "value of a moment" and it implies that we don't realize how valuable that moment is, until later, when it is only something we can recall. Yet, what about all the moments that we wasted and we don't remember? All the times we could have been doing something more valuable, but we chose to do something less? I would suspect, that the majority of our time is spent on activities that are nowhere near what would be the most valuable thing to do in that moment.
And in those moments, we overvalue what we are doing.
It's the little things that matter, they say. However, this works in the negative also, and if most of the little things we are doing aren't value-adding activities, things that make us better, what does that lead to? If a relationship doesn't take care of the little things, it falls apart.
Aren't we the same as an individual?
We are constantly changing, shaped by external forces, and internal choices. And if we are always changing, can we really claim to know ourselves? Are we capable of being aware of every minute shift in our behavior, in our body, in our thoughts and feelings? We might know at a high level, but what depth of resolution do we see?
Maybe it doesn't matter.
Who cares, as long as we feel that we know. That is all that really matters these days isn't it? Reality needn't come into it. If I think I am something, I must be it, even if my behaviors don't support my beliefs. It doesn't matter anymore, reality is no longer relevant. Reality can be avoided.
For how long though?
Taraz
[ Gen1: Hive ]
I've been saying for a while I wish I could be the person that I plan to be when I am getting ready to go to bed each night. Sometimes as I am drifting off to sleep I have what seem to be these ground breaking or really motivational ideas about how I am going to implement change in my life. Then the next morning I wake up and all the ideas are gone, or if they are still there the ambition to accomplish them is gone.
Have you tried using one of those voice recording apps to save ideas? Might also be good for article ideas?
I use Google Keep to put down ideas for posts. My wife already complains that it looks like Vegas when I come in to bed and sit on my phone at night, so taking a voice memo would probably push her over the edge!
I am deeply touched by the first quote. I suppose it aptly describes my life after my mum's untimely death. Now she's gone I wish I could wind back the time so I can spend moments with her again and do things I could have done for her. Every moment in our lives should be valued and should never be wasted doing profitless things. We've all got only one life and we should live it wisely.
Sorry for your loss. I also know how that feels. I have lost both parents already, and there are questions I have that can never be answered now. I didn't know the questions at the time though.
‘Some doors close and others open’, it is the same as with opportunities. We have been useful for a while and then change comes. We must accept these changes if we want to continue to be useful, remember that we are adaptive beings, and we are always driven by necessity. Don't torment yourself, better opportunities always come along and in them, you will find one that fits you, and you feel comfortable, and I think HIVE is one of them…
I am not sure if better opportunities always come along. Sometimes, it is just the choice of worse options. The future isn't always brighter, at least not at the individual level. Society as a whole used to have a bright future, but I think that has been taken for granted for too long, and might no longer be true.
That sleep is very important even if it's just for one hour it refreshes the brain to take more meetings
Great lessons can come form anywhere I love the Dr.
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