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January 5 - October 21, 2018
During that time, like clockwork, I’ll always have several distractions: tasks and ideas that inevitably pop up in my head. These thoughts and temptations would normally send me off and running to
accomplish whatever they were while they were burning in my head: an idea for music, a drawing or plan that was a eureka moment on a totally different project, answers to a problem I’d been trying to solve elsewhere, etc. Because when you’re engaged mentally on a task, creativity fires off more ideas. But tha...
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During my 20 minutes, I’ll just physically write down any incoming
missile of a thought on my “Distractions” pad, and I immediately go back to my major undesirable task. Now I don’t have to worry I’ll forget it. I’m not trying to disregard it and ignore the thought. I’m just keeping track of it by writing it down and deferring it, even if it’s an extremely productive thing, because anything that takes away from my main task is technically a distraction.
If I’m on a roll on my main task, I’ll add another 10 minutes to the timer and go as far as 30 minutes.
The Art of Fear: Why Conquering Fear Won’t Work and What to Do Instead.
What I should have done instead was realize that fear is not a sign of personal weakness, but rather a natural state of discomfort that occurs whenever you’re out of your comfort zone. It’s there not to sabotage you, but to help you come alive, be more focused, and put you into the present moment and a heightened state of excitement and awareness.
If you’re willing to feel it, and merge with it, its energy and wisdom will appear.
Often crisis is what drives evolution, and little else does.
The Wisdom of the Enneagram by Don Richard Riso
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World.
The secret to winning any game lies in not trying too hard?
Excellence is the next five minutes, improvement is the next five minutes, happiness is the next five minutes.
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say you’re running and you think, “Man, this hurts, I can’t take it anymore.” The “hurt” part is an unavoidable reality, but whether or not you can stand anymore is up to the runner himself.
More than 80% of the interviewees have some form of daily mindfulness or meditation practice
A surprising number of males (not females) over 45 never eat breakfast, or eat only the scantiest of fare
Many use the ChiliPad device for cooling at bedtime
