I am starting a public journal as to my progress with subs, and there is a very specific objective I am targeting with this. It is ancillary to the stated objective of anything in my stack right now. This is part of the “Listen + Journal + Act = Transform” formula, but really falls more under “Act” as much as it does under “Journal”, as I do keep a separate private journal of my own.
To provide context, I am precise and methodical but in a way that may end up missing “the main point”. Too much INT and not enough WIS. Spending 200% the time and resources on something for merely 105% the results. An excessively controlled manner of operation, in a way that inhibits spontaneity and quickly thinking on one’s feet. Logical, but perhaps lacking that broad, overarching awareness or intuition that comes so naturally to some, and so on and forth. Maybe a “problem” that needs “fixing”, or really just an opportunity for further improvement.
The point of this journal is so I can run my mouth off, perhaps in a more unstructured manner, to be less “in my head” or have less analysis paralysis, and to get used to conveying my thoughts to others on the fly. I am not going to wait for a grand insight or significant milestone before I post. It will just be - whenever I feel like it.
That, of course, significantly reduces the value of each given post. A post condensing key learnings from a month’s worth of improvements is certainly more valuable than twenty posts of “here’s what’s in my mind right now”. But, in light of what I said at the start of this post, we shall have to accept that tradeoff. And perhaps it need not be a compromise. There has been that story running around (which may not be a true story) that a group of students who made twenty progressively-less-shitty clay pots in rapid succession ended up quite good at making pots - even better than a separate group of students, who devoted a ton of effort towards getting a single clay pot “just right”. So perhaps there is a “right answer” to this conundrum after all. That it is rapid iteration, not seeking to perfectly line up every sniper shot in a perfect line through your target - that furthers progress.
I would be grateful for anyone’s comments on anything I have (or anyone has) said herein or anywhere in this thread, even if it is just a passing remark or a half-formed thought in your mind. I am aware I think differently from many others, and part of further improvement will require integrating my own strengths with the perspective of others.
Current stack: on washout per the schedule, but it was Khan Black 1 (15min), Sanguine (30s loops as and when needed, sometimes not at all)