Day 10 Saturday - Integration 3
Just regular ol’ joe morning. Breakfast on this fine day consist of a cup of coffee with skimmed copium and a recon toast. Good morning world.
This just in: My name-embedded arrived. Thanks guys. I’ll listen to it in a few days.
What’s up with the need to be the best or play and train and schedule my life like an elite but I actually don’t have the time for that lifestyle and expectation. I have at best 2 hours a day, how is that fair to myself? How realistic is that?
Day 11 Sunday - Integration 4
Slept like 10 hours or so yesterday and feel a bit better. Still tired, that’s a debt I’m going to work on and resolve eventually, God willing.
Day outing, hit the city, returned some books to the library, bought ice cream from the great place in the country (imo) and just chill summer vibes.
Day 12 Monday - Listening 3
00:15 - GA1/ER
I can’t do everything everyday.
Day 13 Tuesday - Integration 5
”Keimer was obsessed with abstract religious and philosophical ideas (he was involved with a sect called the “French Prophets”) but couldn’t apply any of it to make his actual life better. He was living entirely in his own head.”
This is so on point. A note I made with Gemini after discussing a part that left an impression on me in the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Where personal development turns into something to min-max and becomes the full focus you forget about real life, QoL and why you actually started with it in the first place. Is it growth or cancer?
I notice this is a strong motivator in me but also a toxic part.
The Takeaway: When Franklin said someone lacked “common life,” he was delivering a classic 18th-century burn. He meant the person was a clueless eccentric who was too wrapped up in their own head to handle the basic, everyday realities of being a human being in a functioning society.
- Living “In an Ivory Tower” or Being Too Academic/Philosophical
- Being Out of Touch with Social Norms, i.e lacking social and emotional intelligence
- Lacking “Street Smarts” or Everyday Practicality (Dreamer, not grounded)