Moonflower

generalizations

here are some generalizations i have made through reflection & experimentation

disclaimer: these are all from MY perspective (important!) so they may not be true or helpful for you

change of scenery powerful

  • monotony bad

    • understanding emotions

  • analyzing and feeling negative emotions give you positive ideas and emotions

    • give feedback to others (if they want it)

  • always voice feedback even if it is negative; dont be afraid of how they think about you; its so much worse if you keep it inside

    • honest feedback good

  • good way to improve: ask for honest feedback

    • normalize so quickly so insanely hard to see other perspectives clearly

  • maybe reflecting can help with this

    • different people different perspectives

  • wildly different perspectives, dont assume anything about them, often wrong

    • patterns

  • so many patterns and connections everywhere fun and give great understanding

    • confidence

    independent thinking

  • have your own thoughts, dont be overwritten by other's ideas (push back + filter coef)

    • dont depend on validation

  • many times dependent on other's approval and opinion, especially if they are cracked, should not (should have learned from po-shen loh)

    • status nuanced—no binary

  • dont get fooled into "they are good" or "they are bad" there are always nuances; especially dont get fooled to thinking that way about yourself (+1)

    • tm—how learn better

  • whats really important to think about is how could i have learned better

    • sel skills always useful

    be kind

  • "be kind, everyone is fighting"

    • attack discomfort

  • great example is spend 5m starting something i didnt really want to do, then immediately want to do it now (+ see the value of it), e.g. wmeetings

    • effort good

  • have infinite food and recovery methods (can reset when cooked) so give everything your all, and you will be chilling

    • corroboration

  • use corroboration to find truth in things that you cant experience and can only ask others about

    • vulnerability for connection

  • use vulnerability, honesty, transparency, openness for fasttrack to deep connection

    • art capturing experiences

  • poetry and writing and photography and music are all really nice ways to capture experiences, something that people dont usually do and is generally very hard (because diff perspectives insanely hard to comprehend for humans)

    • intentionality

  • be much more intentional and active with time in general (and specifically at orbit)

    • slow down and appreciate good

    disjointed ideas not the best (80-15-5)

  • for the most connection max, go for stuff that are all clustered together, but defs work on other stuff to gain perspective (just dont explore in completely random directions)

    • understand focus/goal

  • for research: make sure to understand what exactly the focus is on

    • meditate to despeed

  • "should meditate for 15, and if you dont have time for it, you should meditate for 30"

    • checkins (2m)

  • periodic and for work

    • plan then lock

  • right before working, make plan for how to lock and then lock

    • dont stay up late

    sleep onset

  • PLS PLS PLS

    • strive for output

    think abt maybes

  • spend time thinking about "maybe"s, they are good for getting thoughts down but not good for reflection (like taking something murky and getting clarity)

    • spend money bias

  • many times spending money is overwhelmingly good but have bias to not (probably good investment to spend money to be able to not have to think about things)

    • do trials for products

  • is just very aligned with my incentive structure, good exploration, dont have to pay up front

    • maintainability; minimalism for projects

  • for success of project that will be very big, dont be lazy and just pile stuff on; actually understanding code base makes making changes much easier (keep everything simple, preferably under 200 lines)

    • understand opportunity cost

  • zoom out to things that we could / might should be doing was good, put more todo list items (make work more pressured and fast)

    • no more comas!!

  • food comas, cookie comas, yt comas, water comas, any over indulgence that creates listnessless / a unwillingness to do things; can just consume but stop before it is bad

    • dont over organize / document

  • only do stuff when i actually need it

    • add new action items to actions

  • so that i have to look at it, and see the other more important things

    • look back at old thoughts

  • looking back at old thoughts is always great (probably another way to reset)

    • bias towards past todo

  • many times have todos from previous days that i was excited about but when i actually do it later its not as fun (1. when i dont want to do something, consider why, maybe dont do it, 2. when really want to do something in the moment, dont relegate it to future self, just do it (the excitement often fades away))

    • maleability of current task/event

  • an important part of instantaneous intentionality is that not only are we maximizing the thing were doing in the moment, we should also consider changing the situation you are in to be doing something else (decision making blunder to not consider not going on the retreat until i heard that lucile wasnt going)