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Maybe I'm varietal?
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This week had VARIETY, in capital letters. I'm still project managing and facilitating my ten charity cohort, I did part two of a workshop with a blockchain foundation, got my brain back into a complex (and fascinating) Greenpeace project, proposed next steps for a completely different GP project, worked on a new website, worked on an article and had a smattering of meetings in between. We're also in Lockdown Part 734, the weather turned nasty again, so I'm doing a great job of only working as a distraction from the variant that's ravaging my city. The ICU is at 90%. I took a few walks and have otherwise neglected both my physical and mental well-being. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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The road to enlightenment is paved with an individual's attempts to be mindful. That, for me, is in large part about identifying and rethinking pervasive narratives. Our world instills things upon us. Our brains take massive shortcuts. Sometimes it's worth questioning your gooey insides, reminding yourself that self reflection leads to mindfulness, which is, FYI, all the rage. I don't want to recoil in horror when I meet other human beings, but sometimes I do. I also don't want to believe that we're all individually as asinine as our species has collectively (and very adeptly) demonstrated ourselves to be, but sometimes it's hard to believe anything else.
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I try to think around things. I know how very little I know.
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Maybe I'm addicted?
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I finished reading In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, which I've been working my way through for probably two months now. Sometimes my brain gets too full and I have to set a book down for a while. The book is chock full of sound insights on trauma, grief, addiction, and loads of other happy themes. It's about stigma and emotional intelligence and collectivism and kindness. It includes an appendix on the fallacies of Twin Adoption genetic studies, which is fascinating. I'd recommend reading it whether you think you've got addiction in your life (spoiler: you do) or not. I've also read Gabor Mate's When the Body Says No: the Hidden Cost of Stress, which is partly why I'm more responsibly repressive with my emotions.
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Responsibly repressive. That's an interesting foray. I have no idea when I should repress which emotion or if I ever should. Sometimes phrasing just comes out of my fingertips. Anyway, if you're into all the emotional hibble bibble this newsletter turns over on, I'd recommend reading Dr. Mate.
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Maybe I need help?
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I knew it was a thing, but I didn't realize the Barnum Effect had a name. I love that this cognitive bias is named after PT Barnum.
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