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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Update: Bliss is now my #1 goal. It just . . . smooths everything. And it’s worth it. No more so, nor any less so than anything else. https://t.co/nAnypfyDNm

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

2. ordering my goals very strictly It just makes it so clear maintaining N different goals with vague timelines is so hard. ordering my goals makes it simple. I ask “have I done enough for Goal #0?” If not, fix that. “Have I done enough for Goal #1?” . . . and so on. https://t.co/1an8fNWdCI

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

When the world feels coercive, we resist. When we resist, we become tight. When we become tight, we also become tight to ourselves. So it is that when we feel threatened by others, we also lose control of ourselves.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

We lose that pliability, that ability to get ourselves going in any direction, as procrastination and obsession become things of the past. This tightness is rational. We go blind when the environment is epistemically dangerous and trying to coerce us.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

This is why bliss matters. Stay loose to environment, stay loose to oneself. All actions will feel equally loose. None too tight in approach, none too tight in grip.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

Here’s @reasonisfun articulating the same idea. You’re afraid of giving your feelings the wheel. You don’t trust them to be responsible. You’re right. They’ll suck. They’re kids. And they’ll learn. At the wheel. https://t.co/Mf2Vp1bb5x

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

You’ll need slack to make this work. You don’t give the kid the wheel when you’re about to die. 💪 Win back slack. 🤸‍♂️ Use slack to let feelings run. 🐣 In that running, become an easier, more natural you. https://t.co/hmecx4dsZd

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

The analogy between kids and emotions is hardly coincidental. “Inner children” is not a misnomer. It’s quite literally frozen processes from child you.* https://t.co/nMEb8BgXYY

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

@Tjdriii @Morphenius In other words, the memory is “consolidated.” So much of this happens sub-consciously and non-volitionally we chalk up a lot of effects to “hmm, not feeling it today” or “wow I just don‘t like gyms.”

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

Inner kids *will* draw all over your walls 🖍🎨 👨‍🎨🙊 It won’t look very respectable to others 🌭👻👾🎃 But gosh, will it bring you joy ✨ . . . https://t.co/0JyrUwnYn6

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

@reasonisfun Bring them out. Let them draw on the walls. It’ll suck and you’ll want to repaint them, but holy fuck, look!!! It’s so much fun.

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

And you know the secret to working with kids? It’s the same as as working with yourself, when you feel tight or coerced. Seriousness is tightening. Play is loosening. 🔧🔩 These are your tools. https://t.co/o50nTq15wJ

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 5 years ago

When children feel sufficiently played with, they become a lot more cooperative. I find the same is true for inner children as well.

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