Ha! You just rocked my world! Thank you!
The funny thing is, that regarding the topic of attention and intention, I totally am the opposite of you. šI hate whiteboards and plans. I really do. The moment I see a whiteboard, my brain goes into "IĀ“m bored af" mode šSo for me it works the other way round: I have very clear intentions, but they are so part of what I am, that there is no need to control my attention or to write them down. There is also no need to remind me of them. So letĀ“s say, one of my intentions is to be more grateful about things in my life or be more loving. I donĀ“t need a plan for that, but life will guide me through situations and interactions with people, where I can practice this anyway. For me, making a plan on "how to get more loving" would be a mental construct and a futile try to do something, that I can only be. ItĀ“s simply no "mental" thing at all and every plan would make the goal go further away. I havenĀ“t checked your take on improv yet, but you also donĀ“t plan things in improv, right? Or maybe you do - I donĀ“t know š¤I donĀ“t. My whole life is improv and I basically trust my intuition, my belly, my inner voice and higher guidance. I also work this way and IĀ“m quite successful with trusting my inner genius. š(...but please donĀ“t ask my boss on that topic, since he tries his best to understand, what IĀ“m exactly doing and why this is successful - he really has no clue and itĀ“s driving him nuts - but hey, I donĀ“t know either - so we are on the same page here...)
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lol! Intuition is quite a mystery, I can most definitely agree!
And I do relate to much of what you just said. Oftentimes, being is enough, it really is! I've spent a lot of time in that state of consciousness and I still do quite often, however lately I've most definitely been in a building mode and part of that building process requires a continuity of logic and a habitual routine.
I'm quite dynamic in nature, as it seems you are as well, and thus the structure does serve me and I'm growing a lot from it. I do prefer a more intuitive approach though, I will say that!
As far as improv goes... all of the unplanning happens within a planned structure. So you can be infinitely anything within a finite structure. Which is, IMO, very similar to how life seems to work.
Great thoughts here @atmosblack! Thanks for sharing :)
Awesome! I intuitively knew, that you are going to say this about improv š
ItĀ“s true and even though sometimes it seems, as if I can only be something finite in an infinite universe of endless possibilities. šOk... I stop right there... šI was already driving a young colleague crazy today with the impossibility to get a hold on me. He must have had the impression, IĀ“m some kind of slippery fish and he was trying to hit me over the head and failed remarkably lol This is nothing IĀ“m planning though - I guess this is also what makes it hard for some people to like me - how can you like something thatĀ“s undefined?... Maybe I define myself through undefinability š Stop.... Now... Really...
HAHAHA yeah I feel like I'm that way as well sometimes
You know, the world definitely prefers definitions and I think those that choose to live outside of those boundaries and guidelines are very courageous ;-)
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