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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 4 years ago

I had a problem with doing. I only respected problems where I to think, and solve, and once I figured it out, it would be done. So when it came to things like chores, showering, walking between places, there was always a slight kind of dissociation. https://t.co/b6MBLR9krS

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

I had a problem with doing. I thought only in terms of capital, in terms of accumulating, saving. It didn’t occur to me *living* was the point. Spending. Cashing in. Experiencing. It took taking an eye off capital and putting one on experience. https://t.co/H0HnuTpBrB

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10/2/2021

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 4 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

Like “this shouldn't be happening.” https://t.co/hcoZvESrjE

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 4 years ago

half my insights on this platform are realising “hey, this is how the STEM world works. it turns this way of working is not actually adapted to working with how the real world works” https://t.co/u9Ys7BnoGI

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 4 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

When I saw how that doing, the folding of clothes, the taking out of trash—these were solving the real, micro problems of survival that let me or anyone exist, I settled much more in the presence of doing them.

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10/2/2021

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 4 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

I was doing something good. I was doing something worthy! I was present. https://t.co/ixa6ENzn9f

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 4 years ago

I think we settle much more into the present when we are with the reality of things.

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10/2/2021

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 4 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

On solving the little micro-problems actually needed for a full solution (here, taking out the trash, getting to places, to make the life actually happen) https://t.co/BsdM8W4BtO

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 4 years ago

Academia values Big Answers, and doesn’t value solving micro-problems. The world cares about having solved the little problems, and doesn’t care about your Big Answers. https://t.co/HEF9AFIUtD

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10/2/2021

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 4 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

On survival not being a given https://t.co/HMAIRj60wY

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

Reading about treaties & congresses & resistances is amazing to me, because it shows just how big the question of tribalism is, and collectively surviving and providing order en masse. We don’t have to think about that, where we live in relatively stable territories and govts.

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10/2/2021

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 4 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

how going to the gym began tugging at this https://t.co/2tWdzMkZQZ

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 4 years ago

when i go to the gym, it’s instead like: “oh, knowing doesn’t matter. there’s just what’s done and what’s not done! what do i want to do next?”

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10/24/2021