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This is a talk on happiness and how the mind is divided into the experiencing self and the remembering self. It's from the TED conference, which I can't explain, but here's a link so you'll see for yourself:
http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory.html
This hits me at my core because it explains my tension and anxiety about staying in one place too long, doing the same activities for too long, living the same lifestyle for too long. I feel like when every day is exactly the same, it might as well BE the same day over and over, frozen in time with no progress or growth. It makes me feel TRAPPED. My inner core is screaming and slamming fists against the walls to break the cycle and experience something, anything.
An analogy: some people do bad things for attention because they feel negative attention is better than no attention. I never understood that; in my opinion, no attention is way, way better. BUT. I could easily see myself doing bad things for the experience. Because a negative experience is better than no experience. In my mind, that's an inarguable fact.
Does that make sense? Probably not. But that's how my mind works.
"Logically" I "should" be happy. My remembering self should be satisfied with my life when I stop and think about it. But my experiencing self is starved. Granted, there have been changes over the last 3 years. But those changes don't mean jack shit compared to the level of progression and growth I experienced in the 10 years prior.
So I ask all you stationary non-moving people: how do you achieve that level of excitement, growth and enthusiasm for life without actually going anywhere new? How do you do it? Because I need that.
Other things I found via the TED website:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne6tB2KiZuk a fun clip about music and mankind.
http://www.ted.com/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds.html Temple Grandin talks at TED. This is an autistic woman who revolutionized the cattle industry (I don't know the details) and speaks out for autism. I don't know that much about her and I haven't seen the movie. But I really like her TED talk; it motivates me to become more involved in changing the current American education system.
That's it from me today. Good night.
http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory.html
This hits me at my core because it explains my tension and anxiety about staying in one place too long, doing the same activities for too long, living the same lifestyle for too long. I feel like when every day is exactly the same, it might as well BE the same day over and over, frozen in time with no progress or growth. It makes me feel TRAPPED. My inner core is screaming and slamming fists against the walls to break the cycle and experience something, anything.
An analogy: some people do bad things for attention because they feel negative attention is better than no attention. I never understood that; in my opinion, no attention is way, way better. BUT. I could easily see myself doing bad things for the experience. Because a negative experience is better than no experience. In my mind, that's an inarguable fact.
Does that make sense? Probably not. But that's how my mind works.
"Logically" I "should" be happy. My remembering self should be satisfied with my life when I stop and think about it. But my experiencing self is starved. Granted, there have been changes over the last 3 years. But those changes don't mean jack shit compared to the level of progression and growth I experienced in the 10 years prior.
So I ask all you stationary non-moving people: how do you achieve that level of excitement, growth and enthusiasm for life without actually going anywhere new? How do you do it? Because I need that.
Other things I found via the TED website:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne6tB2KiZuk a fun clip about music and mankind.
http://www.ted.com/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds.html Temple Grandin talks at TED. This is an autistic woman who revolutionized the cattle industry (I don't know the details) and speaks out for autism. I don't know that much about her and I haven't seen the movie. But I really like her TED talk; it motivates me to become more involved in changing the current American education system.
That's it from me today. Good night.