On 05/11/2016 06:45 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > Most us have to stay on top of things, though. Hopefully, though, it is not > the only thing.
I wonder about the use of the word "have". A particular person with whom I'm currently forced to interact, keeps his nose stuck in his phone and ear buds in his ears all day every day. He claims he _has_ to do this because if he doesn't he grows anxious ... to the extent of panic attacks. He claims he needs constant stimulus for his emotional well-being. It's akin to the fasting experiments I started recently. Prior to those experiments, I thought I _had_ to eat every day. I felt like I got "hangry", as Renee's co-workers call it, where "low blood sugar" made one irritable. But by purposefully denying myself food for growing amounts of time, I discovered that I was simply addicted to my habits ... stuck in my comfort zone. I now believe the evidence (which I've always known about, but ignored) that people (including me) can live just fine for quite awhile without food. I wonder how many of us who have to stay on top of things, are similarly addicted. But then again, head hunters are not knocking down my door looking for expertise in things like Mean.io, either. 8^) -- ⛧ glen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
