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The Golden Thread
Happy New Day. I'm writing here from our growing village in the mountains of Chirripo (Costa Rica)
I decided that the early I can start writing the better as I usually have ideas fresh from sleep still percolating in my consciousness. Plus I'm more likely to actually write something the earlier I do it.
So this morning I woke up with more clarity around how feeling is really at the core of everything we do and everything we communicate. It is the WHY for most every action. And once we know this we can optimize for it.
For example, lately I've been eating a little too much food and mixing my foods.. I enjoy the feeling of eating during the process, but then sometimes for hours afterwards I will feel bad. But until I actually optimize for feeling I can stay focused in the short term and continually eating even though the way I've been eating hasn't been helping me to feel consistently GOOD.
PRESENT FULFILLMENT VS LONG TERM PREPARATION
So here we already see the classic struggle between what feels good in the present and what feels good over the longer term. In my research it appears that our future and present selves are two characters entirely.
PRESENT SELF VS FUTURE SELF
The present self is a little more carefree and the future self, more conscious about how present actions will affect it. If you only focus on the future self, you greatly limit your ability to enjoy the now, and if you only focus on the now, you effect the future self a little recklessly.
The Golden Thread
Happy New Day. I'm writing here from our growing village in the mountains of Chirripo (Costa Rica)
I decided that the early I can start writing the better as I usually have ideas fresh from sleep still percolating in my consciousness. Plus I'm more likely to actually write something the earlier I do it.
So this morning I woke up with more clarity around how feeling is really at the core of everything we do and everything we communicate. It is the WHY for most every action. And once we know this we can optimize for it.
For example, lately I've been eating a little too much food and mixing my foods.. I enjoy the feeling of eating during the process, but then sometimes for hours afterwards I will feel bad. But until I actually optimize for feeling I can stay focused in the short term and continually eating even though the way I've been eating hasn't been helping me to feel consistently GOOD.
PRESENT FULFILLMENT VS LONG TERM PREPARATION
So here we already see the classic struggle between what feels good in the present and what feels good over the longer term. In my research it appears that our future and present selves are two characters entirely.
PRESENT SELF VS FUTURE SELF
The present self is a little more carefree and the future self, more conscious about how present actions will affect it. If you only focus on the future self, you greatly limit your ability to enjoy the now, and if you only focus on the now, you effect the future self a little recklessly.