Outcome: "Win"
Record: 29-0
Streak: 29
Summary: Good ethics, worked very hard, stored up two hours for writing later in the week, and put in a solid hour on project b. I also got a great start on my French for this week, actually pulling ahead of my normal mark. I plan to do at least 1 hour of reading tonight. I'm making a chart for the system presented in How to Read a Book. Seriously, read it.
This morning I was thinking about ideal states of mind. One state of mind which has some virtues and is generally respected is the warrior state of mind. In this state of mind you are a beast, and everything you have to do is like a battle in which you're going to dominate your opponent. It's all about intensity. I like this state of mind in some respects, but I am pretty sure that it's not the best. I think it's better to be rational, calm, and optimistic. This ties into my whole thing about psychic energy. So, in following up on my stated area for improvement in my weekly summary, I'm going to cultivate the compassionate monk's state of mind. That will be in the forefront of my challenges. I want to relax my stomach muscles and breathe deeply. I want to be slow to anger and quick to forgiveness. I want to focus on one task at a time, calm and reassured that everything will get done in due time because I have crafted a rationally sound plan. I will save energy and be less prone to fucking up, freaking out, and mistreating others. This is my hypothesis.
Monday, October 30, 2006
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In some ways I think I like the warrior frame of mind as it allows me to push through mental, physical or emotional pain without regard or care of the effects it has on my being. I suppose for some people this would be bad, but for me I've always had the idea that without sacrifice you can't gain. It is definitely beneficial, however, to change your mode up once in a while as you certainly experience things differently being calm as opposed to being in a state of fervor.
As far as controlling anger, that is definitely something hard to do. I used to get very upset at paltry comments directed towards me or ball-busting from friends/colleagues. I don't know when, but at some point I realized how utterly ridiculous it was to get upset over that and somehow managed to adapt the "laugh with them or at the situation" mentality. It has worked well ever since. I think I could adapt because I was subjected to it so often at work (the type of people I work with are natural ball-busters). Other than that I only get angry at people for impeding on my goals.
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