See if you can find somewhere between two and six people whom you get on really well with and quit worrying about what most folks are up to.
I'm blessed in that I have around 4-5 such close friends already. And a few others that could go into that category in the future maybe. Main challenge right now is to find more such people who live in the same place as me.
Reading self-help books and doing therapy had its place for me but looking back I consider it the slow-mode part of my life. It was something I did when I was too weak/fragile for stronger stuff. If you are up to it, find a mentor, do some traveling, hurl yourself into something new. Bite off more than you can chew and all that.
Yes! I totally agree with this. I've been priming myself with endless reading and self-debugging and taking life slow, but now things are speeding up. I'm doing a lot more in practice, but at the same time I have a real hard time doing the kind of meticulous evaluating/notetaking that I used to do before. So I'm definitely in a transition period right now.
Your remarks in this thread read like someone who is very bright and hasn't yet figured out how to adequately meet their intellectual needs.
Wow, thanks. A little about me and my aims: I've been running a magazine for the past 2 years (http://www.interestingtimesmagazine.com) which has taught me a lot of things. I currently work a regular dayjob (writing code) but I can't say I'm really cut out for being a salaryman. Right now my goal is to pick 1 startup idea and go for it (http://ideashower.posterous.com). In the future, I would like to make some music and I also have a few ideas for novels kicking around in my head. So, yeah, I have a lot on my plate that I need to get out and share with the world!
This seems to leave bright people with a chronic gnawing hunger for "something more"
Absolutely! I've always been very existential and unable to see myself enjoying a "standard" life. I'm obsessed with proving to the world that I have what it takes. This is both good (drives me to excel) and bad (makes me come off as an arrogant distanced turd). I spend most of my time vacillating between the kind of philosophical lovecraftian uber-pessimism written about in Thomas Ligotti's "The conspiracy against the human race" and the gung-ho cheesy dopamine-fuelled positive thinking bravado of Anthony Robbins. Learning to just chill and enjoy life is a huge challenge for me.
Anyway, I enjoyed your remarks. It's the main reason I am replying. Best of luck with putting your plan together and finding what you need.
Would you mind if I contacted you? You seem like someone who gets me... :)
See if you can find somewhere between two and six people whom you get on really well with and quit worrying about what most folks are up to.
I'm blessed in that I have around 4-5 such close friends already. And a few others that could go into that category in the future maybe. Main challenge right now is to find more such people who live in the same place as me.
Reading self-help books and doing therapy had its place for me but looking back I consider it the slow-mode part of my life. It was something I did when I was too weak/fragile for stronger stuff. If you are up to it, find a mentor, do some traveling, hurl yourself into something new. Bite off more than you can chew and all that.
Yes! I totally agree with this. I've been priming myself with endless reading and self-debugging and taking life slow, but now things are speeding up. I'm doing a lot more in practice, but at the same time I have a real hard time doing the kind of meticulous evaluating/notetaking that I used to do before. So I'm definitely in a transition period right now.
Your remarks in this thread read like someone who is very bright and hasn't yet figured out how to adequately meet their intellectual needs.
Wow, thanks. A little about me and my aims: I've been running a magazine for the past 2 years (http://www.interestingtimesmagazine.com) which has taught me a lot of things. I currently work a regular dayjob (writing code) but I can't say I'm really cut out for being a salaryman. Right now my goal is to pick 1 startup idea and go for it (http://ideashower.posterous.com). In the future, I would like to make some music and I also have a few ideas for novels kicking around in my head. So, yeah, I have a lot on my plate that I need to get out and share with the world!
This seems to leave bright people with a chronic gnawing hunger for "something more"
Absolutely! I've always been very existential and unable to see myself enjoying a "standard" life. I'm obsessed with proving to the world that I have what it takes. This is both good (drives me to excel) and bad (makes me come off as an arrogant distanced turd). I spend most of my time vacillating between the kind of philosophical lovecraftian uber-pessimism written about in Thomas Ligotti's "The conspiracy against the human race" and the gung-ho cheesy dopamine-fuelled positive thinking bravado of Anthony Robbins. Learning to just chill and enjoy life is a huge challenge for me.
Anyway, I enjoyed your remarks. It's the main reason I am replying. Best of luck with putting your plan together and finding what you need.
Would you mind if I contacted you? You seem like someone who gets me... :)