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10 Days of Play
Today was a professional development day at work. Sian Beilock, author of Choke, came to talk with us about her research on performance under pressure. We talked about how the anxiety brought about by expectations can help and hinder one's performance. Additionally that it is a common strategy, to intentionally underperform in an effort to avoid ( Read more... ) -
Generation of Change
I am writing this on my phone, and I've been thinking about this idea for the last few days, so I'm going to do my best.
I was having a conversation with a friend the other day about how from a certain perspective one could say that the world is falling apart. That generation after generation, we are loosing our ability to create things. Those born ( Read more... ) -
30 Minute Entry: Peer Mediation
Three questions for seeing beyond the problem ( Read more... ) -
30 Minute Entry: Being an Adult [part 2]
We can see this proofed in the accepted stereotypical interests of adults: maintenance of a house, saving for retirement, having kids. All meaningful and worthwhile goals. In American culture, each of these interests hold an underlying value or necessity of self-reliance and seclusion of the self from society. (from previous entry ( Read more... ) -
30 Minute Entry: Being an Adult
Elimination of, and denial of, one's needs is perceived to be the mark of true adulthood. It is this perception which feeds our inherent system of bullying in the culture of adulthood ( Read more... ) -
Kick, punch, y'all remember, chop-chop-back again. Yes! Forever!!
Be be be bo be di bum!
Dance dance fly.
Once I was a fly on the wall,
then One day I simply fall,
into a scene where I was mean,
and that is how I seem green.
Yawn.
A deep breath in and then a quick exhale.
The weight of thought comes like riding a bike,
Yet where to take it? Where to go? -
Week 1
I used the Intrinsic-Motivator Detection System, and found that I need to spend more time writing silly things, because I can. I'm going to proceed to write sillilly ( Read more... ) -
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (2)
What do the opposites represent ( Read more... ) -
Humanity
I have spent many years operating under the assumption that every relationship is a balancing act. Every decision and every interaction feeds the power dynamic. I have often struggled with questions such as: how can I can gain enough power to feel as though the other person will always be there for me? How can I gain enough power to be able to get ( Read more... ) -
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
I have 20 minutes left because I'm doing this on my work computer, and the class is at a 30 minute class. It took me 10 minutes to load the page because my computer is slooooow ( Read more... )