September
For once, I think, I might be bang on time.
Not exactly in posting but more with reference to what I'm posting about. Two years ago I stopped writing for this blog because I moved on to a more "professional" version. It's been a jolly good ride but then my amazing employers went ahead and gave me a vacation. Never a good idea for a brain bursting with those.
So, I've spent a good 30 days burning bridges in my mind and doing all the things you do on a vacation when the only condition is you can't leave the city you live in. Why? Oh, because you're moving away for good soon enough. So it's down to you to make more of this time with family and let the world fade away. Which is what I did and it lasted a good 17 minutes before my brain wanted to obtain telekinetic powers just to see if we could move Mars a little closer to help Elon Musk with his project.
Now I know there are more productive ways to spend your last months before a big move and you are all welcome to suggest them to me, but it just so happens my sustained level of interest isn't very trustable. I've been known to get over the idea of winning trophies with my own club after around 10 seconds of the final whistle and even after fist pumping the air post reading the mail offering me the Masters' place, my mind was already focused on what came next. Much like Harvey Specter after his announcement as named partner, my brain seems to "not have dreams, but goals".
Despite all of my ridiculous intentions to be a goldfish when it comes to focusing on important things, I still believe (and have heard several testimonials) that I remain a decent listener. Furthermore, my ability to remember shit that went down a lifetime ago can be both insanely annoying or insanely annoying.
The functionality of the brain to relate two things from separate events in time is called association and when there is a 60% similarity in the those two events, we also use the term, deja vu. In its literal translation from French (which you should never do) it means "already seen" and the consistency with which these events happen to me is also insanely annoying. Just goes to tell you my motivation to be that while remembering shit from a lifetime ago.
Now, if my Wordpress installed editor were to go through this, the number of issues it would raise would practically make me not post again for a couple of years. However, a positive about boredom is that it makes go move beyond fear of judgement and lack of self esteem. Two things which I am not really affected by but it just goes to show how many of us are given how relative a term they can be.
Speaking of relativity, the doubling up of phrases in the previous paragraphs would be the number one thing that the aforementioned editor would point out. They are also the very things that will make you best understand the concept of your brain associating and "relating" to things "already seen".
Of course, in daily life we experience things far bigger than words on a screen but it goes to show you how little an association can be before your brain makes it a part of who you are and what you remember.
Because at the end of the day, what you remember from your old memories is the very thing you experience when you are bored to your bones and your mind starts playing all the good ol'hits. It determines what you'll randomly remember at a gathering when waiting for the speaker to be done and then go home and remember why you remembered what you were remembering at that remembrance.
In conclusion, what I'm trying to say is that this is what I've learnt in my month of boredom:
Remember what you relate to, because you'll relate to what you remember.
[ Good to be back :) ]
Not exactly in posting but more with reference to what I'm posting about. Two years ago I stopped writing for this blog because I moved on to a more "professional" version. It's been a jolly good ride but then my amazing employers went ahead and gave me a vacation. Never a good idea for a brain bursting with those.
So, I've spent a good 30 days burning bridges in my mind and doing all the things you do on a vacation when the only condition is you can't leave the city you live in. Why? Oh, because you're moving away for good soon enough. So it's down to you to make more of this time with family and let the world fade away. Which is what I did and it lasted a good 17 minutes before my brain wanted to obtain telekinetic powers just to see if we could move Mars a little closer to help Elon Musk with his project.
Now I know there are more productive ways to spend your last months before a big move and you are all welcome to suggest them to me, but it just so happens my sustained level of interest isn't very trustable. I've been known to get over the idea of winning trophies with my own club after around 10 seconds of the final whistle and even after fist pumping the air post reading the mail offering me the Masters' place, my mind was already focused on what came next. Much like Harvey Specter after his announcement as named partner, my brain seems to "not have dreams, but goals".
Despite all of my ridiculous intentions to be a goldfish when it comes to focusing on important things, I still believe (and have heard several testimonials) that I remain a decent listener. Furthermore, my ability to remember shit that went down a lifetime ago can be both insanely annoying or insanely annoying.
The functionality of the brain to relate two things from separate events in time is called association and when there is a 60% similarity in the those two events, we also use the term, deja vu. In its literal translation from French (which you should never do) it means "already seen" and the consistency with which these events happen to me is also insanely annoying. Just goes to tell you my motivation to be that while remembering shit from a lifetime ago.
Now, if my Wordpress installed editor were to go through this, the number of issues it would raise would practically make me not post again for a couple of years. However, a positive about boredom is that it makes go move beyond fear of judgement and lack of self esteem. Two things which I am not really affected by but it just goes to show how many of us are given how relative a term they can be.
Speaking of relativity, the doubling up of phrases in the previous paragraphs would be the number one thing that the aforementioned editor would point out. They are also the very things that will make you best understand the concept of your brain associating and "relating" to things "already seen".
Of course, in daily life we experience things far bigger than words on a screen but it goes to show you how little an association can be before your brain makes it a part of who you are and what you remember.
Because at the end of the day, what you remember from your old memories is the very thing you experience when you are bored to your bones and your mind starts playing all the good ol'hits. It determines what you'll randomly remember at a gathering when waiting for the speaker to be done and then go home and remember why you remembered what you were remembering at that remembrance.
In conclusion, what I'm trying to say is that this is what I've learnt in my month of boredom:
Remember what you relate to, because you'll relate to what you remember.
[ Good to be back :) ]
This is amazing! The words had me gripped from the very beginning :)
ReplyDelete2 years is really a long time. Sorta makes me want to go back to continuing the blog I used to write. Been more than a year since I last posted on it.