Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
It’s called the border between heaven and earth.
Kuntzel+Deygas, Micha Lamp
Nick Walker on the LES (by LoisInWonderland)
In the late fall of 2009 I was called in for jury duty and brought only my laptop with me so that I could catch up on some work. As I sat in the holding pen waiting to be called I realized (a) there was no internet so I couldn’t work (b) there were no magazines or books… only a few old newspapers and (c) it was an extremely slow day and I was most likely not going to be called.
So there I was, stuck in a boring room with nothing to do. Slowly I became lost in thought and, finding myself outside the normal thinking patterns of a usually very hectic life I started to evaluate where things were at. I checked in with myself, much like you seem to be doing now. There were good and bad aspects about where I was at in life, and as I thought about all of the different things I was involved with from my spouse, my child, and my career I realized I was doing absolutely nothing for myself. Sure I occasionally got together with friends for drinks, or caught the random movie, but I had no hobbies, didn’t do anything for fun, and certainly didn’t do anything special for myself. My life was being spent for other people. I don’t think there was anything wrong with that exactly but stuck in this dreary jury duty room I had the sudden realization there was probably a little bit more to life. But what the heck was I supposed to do?
I pulled out my laptop and made a blank numbered list of 10 items. Then, in a moment of ridiculous ambition, I upped it to 100. Next to each number I put in some simple thing I had always wanted to do, thought I might like to do, or might like to challenge myself to do. Take a ceramics class. Take a kayaking lesson. Run a 5k race. Read a book (I put this on there 10x times). See some live music. Start a blog. On and on. Some things were simple, and done in a few moments (buy an awesome new knife set! get a massage!). Others where much more ambitious, the race would easily take a few months to prepare for.
Anyway, 2010 became the year of the LIST. I printed it up and tacked it to my closet door and I did one thing on it every 4 days or so. For an entire year, through December. I made something in wood shop with my dad. I went camping. I learned how to make cobbler. Some of these things I hated and will never do again. Some of the things I really enjoyed. One of the items on the list, something I added as afterthought to fill in a blank space, fundamentally changed the course my life (career and otherwise) forever. That’s a story for another time, but this is just how I dealt with the issue of finding some time for ‘me’. Maybe you’ll get some mileage out of it.
Good luck!
From:
http://ask.metafilter.com/216520/Whats-time-for-myself-like#3124752
The Doubai Fountain
Outside, and at a cost of Dh 800 million (US$217 million), a record-setting fountain system was designed by WET Design, the California-based company responsible for the fountains at the Bellagio Hotel Lake in Las Vegas. Illuminated by 6,600 lights and 50 coloured projectors, it is 275 m (902 ft) long and shoots water 150 m (490 ft) into the air, accompanied by a range of classical to contemporary Arabic and world music.[67] On 26 October 2008, Emaar announced that based on results of a naming contest the fountain would be called the Dubai Fountain.[68]
OhEMGEEE!!! They had a contest to name a $217 million fountain in Dubai and it is…. :drumroll: DUBAI FOUNTAIN!!!!
completely random thought. it’s two fold:
to learn about yourself - likes, dislikes, personality, and values, and likewise, to learn the about others
One hundred years from now, the role of science and technology will be about becoming part of nature rather than trying to control it.
So much of science and technology has been about pursuing efficiency, scale and “exponential growth” at the expense of our environment and our resources. We have rewarded those who invent technologies that control our triumph over nature in some way. This is clearly not sustainable.
We must understand that we live in a complex system where everything is interrelated and interdependent and that everything we design impacts a larger system.
My dream is that 100 years from now, we will be learning from nature, integrating with nature and using science and technology to bring nature into our lives to make human beings and our artifacts not only zero impact but a positive impact to the natural system that we live in.
I really like this show as well, and all the subtleties of details the artists put into it (i.e. integrating the image of ice into the formation of ice). Maybe I didn’t pay as much attention to the first Avatar, but I don’t think this level of detail was always present in the series.
Dream Boat, Beast Make Bomb
Dream Boat’s ”Beast Make Bomb” is a grunge-y dream boat of a track. I’m very much smitten. For fans of Metric, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Kills.
mmm haven’t listened to this kind of music in a while :) something about it peeked my interest
