How fast can you adapt? How fast can you break your chains? How fast can you accept your environment and go for a change?
The more you are settled in your comfort zone Harder it will get to leave this area Think it like a giant beanbag Bigger it gets more you will sink in If you sink deep enough Forget getting up You will not even see what’s going on around you
This is what holds you back And in your 20’s-30’s You have a chance to get up and flex and start moving The earlier you dive deep into your comfort zone More you are wasting Your opportunities, ideas, network
Get up early as possible And don’t be afraid to stand from time to time There will be an age where you get to sit in the biggest bean bag of all
What are we judged with? The way we dress The way we talk, walk Table manners How we treat the waiter How we treat out mother & father How we treat a stray dog How we treat ourselves
When you live up to no good Nothing good will look up to you With time one loses the opportunity To be good
With time something else takes over Not misdeed I suppose Something far more effective Something that will nail you To the place you are in
There are only two on earth That has no place for progress One is the dead Either in grave or somewhere else And the other is the cheated Who breathes and looks But does not live and can not see
Make sure You are not any of these two If you are Let’s hope that You are the former
Is it with the isolation? No contact with a friend, no contact with outside world No interactions nor communications Living like a hermit in the woods?
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The opposite? When swimming in the ocean of simulations and personalities? Running from one tree to another Tasting every possible fruit and desire for more Creating a self from the endless opportunities
How interesting? Same name of a book used in 3 different genres.
Let’s start with soft-core: Children’s (babies?) book Do babies even read? We don’t know. Because they don’t output any understandable sound which we call a language doesn’t mean they can’t read right? Anyhow, this is a kindergarten level book with 20 to 30 pages written by lots of different authors and publishers since the 90’s. Which also has a nursery rhyme dedicated to it.
Moving up: We have a novel from William Kotzwinkle. You may think to yourself, where have I heard this name before? Let me give you a tip, he is also the author of E.T.
And with a glamorous finish: The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan I know right. Where did that come from? This is a genuine book focused on the Soviet forces and their warfare strategies in Afghanistan.
You can buy 3 of these books and make 3 generations of households happy in single Amazon delivery.
This being said; I’ve read only one of these (for now). Which is the novel by Kotzwinkle.
A short summary would be; A bear steals a manuscript and acts as a human publishing this book, achieves amazing success always being compared to Hemingway, both in literary efforts and look-wise. With success, bear circles into the upper elite and make lots of friends. And while the bear drowns in human level comfort and achievement the original author of the book suffers in the countryside down with depression.
A flowing read that carries you throughout the book. In the middle of the book you may have had enough of unique characters entering into the book which I’ve found exhausting. Characters and their depth were rich however nearly all were for single use only. Not that it upsets me or anything, the timeline bothers me. How? Well the start of the book and development of the story goes nearly day by day, working around a 24 hour time gap. But after the 90% of the book this speeds up and reaches weekly timing. The way I see it Kotzwinkle was having a good time roleplaying with the bear and its interactions. And at a certain point he realized that this is a book, and it should be nearing the end if there isn’t going to be a sequel, which there isn’t.
In any topic Where people are divided with their opinions And believe in their opinions like no other And defend their opinions like a castle It makes the topic fragile You can watch & listen But if the opinion owners are out of alignment from objectivity An outsider comment will be taken as an assault
If it’s a black & white area for them Your participation will be frowned upon They want full support and nothing more No advice, no suggestion
This is where the constructive criticism dies Once the receiving end of the criticism loses their common sense Any input shared, even it’s for their own good is hated
I think this is the common issue for any sensible topic we have For religions, gender talks, family structure… And once it dies process comes to an halt It causes the inevitable death of both sides Their ideas & identities gets washed away Only to be replaced by their successors And with new faces same question comes up Are you open for criticism?
Once hit with the question “Are you honest to yourself?” Answers will flood in with “yes” If you scratch the surface And ask for details You may receive things like; “Well I’m fat, I can lose a couple of pounds” “Sometimes I may be difficult to work with” “I don’t really like my partners cat”
Thank you Thank you for the vanilla ice cream
Accepting something of your own is probably the 10% of the honesty you really need Acknowledgement of simple stuff like your weight or bad habits is not the main course The honesty every intellect needs is the soul crushing isolated thinking even it may drift one into depression from time to time Not that it should, but it usually does
Who are you? Why are these people your friends? Do you really trust no one like you tell yourself? What makes you think you are unique? What broke your heart?
Let’s think our media input as an email inbox What is directed to us is relevant Such as emails from family & friends Mails from your bank regarding your card payment PDF brochures and price quotations you have requested from a tourism agency All these either coming from a person you have a real life connection to Or from an establishment only within your request and approval In an healthy world nothing comes here without your need
Rest of the emails Such as Banned books in schools of Mississippi Self-driving truck makes delivery 10 hours faster than a human How Naomi Campbell surprised this Nigerian designer on the runway These are considered spam emails. Not because the topics are trash Because they are here without our request. We have neither interest nor demand for these. Yet here they are. And more sadly this is not our inbox.
This is what we do With aimless swiping Why they are there? No one knows Why am I seeing this? No idea We need our precision more than ever while filtering when we put ourselves out there
It’s one big ocean and easy to drown I’m not even talking about reliability of these things That’s a whole different dumpster fire
Up’s and down’s Giving 100% All the time Every time
Until you can’t And when you can’t give 100% You know what counts? Giving Giving counts No percentage No high score
Still grinding Even in your bad days That’s what counts Anybody can do it on their sunny day It’s the bad days that change the mean Also It’s the bad days that change the man
And at the end The mean shows us the overview The final result Did we win or what?
Raised up in a capitalist world We like taking More than giving
We tell a story A happening Something that made us Laugh, cry or think And while we are giving this We aren’t open handed Sitting there destitute
We are predators We want something And we are not leaving without it That is the Reply A custom reply that will support us That will make us feel good No questions to examine Our morals or ethics
Even in the most desperate stories We know the menu of replies by heart We just want that specific answer That will make us say I knew it! Thank you!
And know that I have received What I wanted to hear Would you like to Share a story of your own?
Every once in a while We need to cut some slack for ourselves A day off Binging through streaming services A day full of gaming Swiping through dumpster fire social media
While these are relaxing both body and mind It’s not always fulfilling At the end of the day we may look back and think “What a waste of day” A total couchpotato
The way I see it There is another way to cut slack from the usual marathon
This method however, seems more “corporate” You need a break But you need the fulfillment You need the feeling of achievement Yet You don’t want your casual tasks That’s a different menu If you focused on them this wouldn’t differ from any other monday What you need is something diluted Something soft to embrace Something so in the middle You will be excited for this however it will not drain your spirit
An easy, satisfying task Clean your computer’s desktop for example Rearrange books on shelf Deep clean your espresso machine Shine your shoes Stack the wood These are all small plush achievements Within your comfort zone That doesn’t require any special resources Yet satisfy you when completed Low hanging fruits Soothing dopamine Enjoy it Till it wears off!
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