Novelty is important to also feel time differently. I realise when I'm too static (especially remote working from home), time just zips by, which is disorienting.
The question then to feel life in a novel way even in routine is a difficult one - changing patterns with familiar things? Like taking a different route to walk around
The zipping of time is so alarming to me when I'm at a weeks or months end and get stuck in my tracks. But then at the same time, it can be an addiction to keep seeking novelty. I noticed this when I met digital nomads abroad. But then almost as addictive is stability within a routine, like the one of my parents in. michigan. It's sometimes hard to appreciate a routine when it's not novel, but a lot of beauty lies in the parts of life that aren't.
How to balance doses of novelty within a routine and navigate to find that sweet spot is a path perhaps? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I love love love this topic! This specific sentence ‘A person we’ve loved forever’ made me think of my husband - who I find one of the most interesting persons I know, despite being together for over a decade. It’s the depth of his mind, the newness of a perspectives he brings and his creativity that make him interesting to me :) but if I think about this topic too much it also makes my head explode a little bit haha.
I totally hear you on thinking about the topic too long can be overwhelming and too 'meta'.
I'm glad it resonates though about how dynamic people or any topic is that we think we can know someone or something but then from a different angle there's still so many new things still! It makes life exciting :-)
Learning about what stresses people out and how they’re dealing with it is very interesting to me, that and figuring out how to make my favorite foods faster, cheaper, and better at home!
This is so interesting Sameh! It's like the expectation of not having stress creates stress and then it's impossible to get off that hamster wheel. I find it fascinating to see individuals who have things I want like a indefinite lease or full time job, but then realize it causes maybe even more stress than where I am currently living with my parents, free to choose which jobs to apply to. From my perspective, this mentality of grass being greener elsewhere usually creates a lot of stress. And the opportunity costs of knowing we chose these things.
I'm curious if you could enjoy the time it takes to make your favorite foods as a ritual in itself, rather than seeing it as something to optimize?
Novelty is important to also feel time differently. I realise when I'm too static (especially remote working from home), time just zips by, which is disorienting.
The question then to feel life in a novel way even in routine is a difficult one - changing patterns with familiar things? Like taking a different route to walk around
Totally see you Ved.
The zipping of time is so alarming to me when I'm at a weeks or months end and get stuck in my tracks. But then at the same time, it can be an addiction to keep seeking novelty. I noticed this when I met digital nomads abroad. But then almost as addictive is stability within a routine, like the one of my parents in. michigan. It's sometimes hard to appreciate a routine when it's not novel, but a lot of beauty lies in the parts of life that aren't.
How to balance doses of novelty within a routine and navigate to find that sweet spot is a path perhaps? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
These ideas rocked my world in 2023 right before I went to SEA for the first time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70VIfWRdA-Y
I love love love this topic! This specific sentence ‘A person we’ve loved forever’ made me think of my husband - who I find one of the most interesting persons I know, despite being together for over a decade. It’s the depth of his mind, the newness of a perspectives he brings and his creativity that make him interesting to me :) but if I think about this topic too much it also makes my head explode a little bit haha.
I totally hear you on thinking about the topic too long can be overwhelming and too 'meta'.
I'm glad it resonates though about how dynamic people or any topic is that we think we can know someone or something but then from a different angle there's still so many new things still! It makes life exciting :-)
Learning about what stresses people out and how they’re dealing with it is very interesting to me, that and figuring out how to make my favorite foods faster, cheaper, and better at home!
This is so interesting Sameh! It's like the expectation of not having stress creates stress and then it's impossible to get off that hamster wheel. I find it fascinating to see individuals who have things I want like a indefinite lease or full time job, but then realize it causes maybe even more stress than where I am currently living with my parents, free to choose which jobs to apply to. From my perspective, this mentality of grass being greener elsewhere usually creates a lot of stress. And the opportunity costs of knowing we chose these things.
I'm curious if you could enjoy the time it takes to make your favorite foods as a ritual in itself, rather than seeing it as something to optimize?
Oh yes. My favorite line from Soundgarden “the grass is always greener, where the dogs are shi@#ing”
I do enjoy the cooking process a lot. It’s definitely my peaceful de-stress time