Gathering thoughts…
A world of little thoughts.
Is knowing the things but spending time to argue/fight your way through things that don’t matter. Like PS circling round and round the words she chose; trying to prove a point where all of us knew there’s no use Boomer is a derogatory term. Being boomer is a sign of being stupid; not clear of what you wanted to convey…
Good night's sleep, even without the whirlpool and crappy eating. Odd dream: only a snippet of making out with a woman I know to be a lesbian. Got to listen to birdsong over coffee this morning. The birdsong doesn't make me feel as happy as it used to. Time for a break, time for a change. 280720 May 2022
After mulling it over for a couple of weeks, I made the change. I gave writers the option of adding a single image at the start of every Nicheless post. I'm not confident that it's the right move, but I'm eager to find out. If you're a writer here, I owe you an explanation. That's what this post is for. Firstly, let…
Following on from my last post, I believe anthropology can provide ways to avoid future Techlashes. The focus for today is on "reflexivity", a concept that gained ground in anthropology in the 70s in the works of scholars such as Paul Rabinow, James Clifford and George Marcus. Reflexivity means both: a) considering…
This 100-day project does not take weekends off. But I'm staying true to my overall writing philosophy: write something every day. In my mother's immortal words, "Keep Saturday Saturday: start late and go slow." I started very late, 2pm, and the 15 minute goal to write anything project-related became 30 and 45 and…
- a girl who i talk to who is doing her best to be nice to me and listen to me - a boy who i talk to who is doing her best to be nice to me and listen to me it's like they're kinda trying to be - deep - interesting - thoughtful but they lack that quintessential thing. what is that quintessential thing? it sounds a bit…
In a world full of information and distractions sometimes we take for granted to look out the window, listen to our environment, and think for ourselves. Having something to say or not, sometimes we need to be an observer, and feel in some way alive, by living instead of comparing or consuming other people's lives.…
A professional is someone who is paid to perform a task. A dentist is paid to care for teeth. A teacher is paid to impart an education. There are clearly defined and agreed upon definitions for professions; organizations are established to accredit individuals and revoke those credentials when ethical norms are…
Ontem eu editei a minha lista de melhores amigos no Instagram e, exercitando as sugestões da minha terapeuta, expus que precisava de ajuda. Precisava de coisas do mercado e da farmácia e queria companhia. Prontamente alguém com quem eu fico com frequência respondeu perguntando o que eu queria e que horas ele poderia…
I always carry pieces of the people I’ve lost with me. Lovers, friends and even some strangers. They reside in me. I have never been great at showing emotion or telling people how much they mean to me. But I miss them dearly. Each and everyone who added to my life. Even those from what feels like ages ago. It’s not…
You might be a lifeline in a social setup but lifeless underneath, you have a gallery full of smiling selfies but you don't have one smile for yourself everyday.You have a phone full of contacts but you don't want to dial to any one. When you try to analyse yourselves you come to conclusions like I am an introvert, I…
This morning I watched a desert spiny lizard successfully intimidate an antelope ground squirrel. The squirrel is a delicate but scrappy creature. The lizard on the other hand is a spiny and tentative being. The squirrel lay bathing in a little patch of dust warmed by a sunbeam. He indulgently rubbed his belly and…
Moving is expensive, specially when its to a country where you can only reach by plane, the baggage allowance is limited, so there is so many things that you have to buy. Everything is so expensive and I just realized that there are so many teeny tiny things that as a whole they add up, from spoons, plates, pots,…
Everyone loves trees. Planting a tree is universally positive and wholesome. It invokes an image of care and nurture. Hands full of dirt, investing in the promise of a green, fruitful future. Add to this picture, a 2019 study published in Nature claiming that planting a trillion trees could capture a third of the…
Notice JPA students. Or scholars. They usually get the things once Cos they’re so aware right, their cognitive skills are on point as well. They relate what others are saying. No further delay: like I’m like “oooh wait that makes sense when she say that. Why do I even ask her questions the first place?!” Like yeah…
i’ve never met her and i hope i never will but i know you and i know me we fit so, may my plea never find you; just don’t say ‘i do’ please
“Keep it simple stupid” - Skunk 🦨 Works Lockheed Martin My favourite quote, and something I try to live by
One of the difficult parts about writing is determining the level of zoom. Zoom in too close, and it's a journal only relevant to you. Zoom out too far, and it's too generic to catch the attention of anyone in particular. Choosing the right balance is an overlooked nuance in writing. I've read many good pieces, which…
all’s too loud, I need silence it’s whining like sirens a buzz so strong, a hum so intense it suffocates every thought in my head indecision of a mind split in two all sense disperses tunnel vision pulling through
Is it alright to have sad feelings if they seem cliché? Is it okay to struggle with the same simple universal problems over and over for decades? I learn new facts every day but I won't learn anything about myself until I'm terrified of dying and fading away forever.
Após uma festinha em casa no sábado para celebrar o aniversário do Ola, uma amiga nos convenceu a esticar a noite no Mitte, onde um amigo discotecava. Decidimos ir, mesmo o lugar não sendo muito animador, um café de janelões de ponta ao ponta todo de vidro deixando o espaço muito iluminado que poderia ter uma cortina…
Why do I sit / do emotional work / do energy work / go on retreats / look inside? What is my mission? Where am I going? What am I looking for? The real answer is: I don’t know. I told someone recently that the reason was that I never really liked myself, and the work has gotten me (mostly) past that. That’s basically…
This morning while meditating, one of the many thoughts that popped up was a simple analogy. The appropriate thing to do was to the let the thought pass, but because this was an analogy for the meditation itself, I indulged. If mind is like the ocean, then meditation is like diving The ocean's surface is rough on some…
if i wanted to lie to you, i'd say the storm inside you will settle. it will not. see the thing no one tells us about storms is that they're not meant to destroy. i think a storm was a child whose mother never held his hand when he was scared. or maybe the storm didn't know how to tell his mother that he was scared.…
Today, I met with a friend who was upset about a recent experience at a car dealership. He felt disrespected by the salesman and was still angry and frustrated about it even a week later. We discussed how holding onto these emotions wasn't helpful for him and that with more information, his feelings could change. I…
today i did yoga whilst fantasizing about being "LA rich" being "LA rich", I would do yoga outside, absorbing heat from the sun like a reptile do yoga inside, cozy-style lounge about, read go on "reading vacations" at bed & breakfasts in Big Sur eat salads, drink wheatgrass shots drive around in a sexy stylish…
today is sunday and the air has a quiet and restful quality and i have decided to go with the energy and do whatever i want to do, wander with my mind. and youtube is recommending me videos with 43 likes by people with 2.23k followers [i'm talking about the channel tokyochemist; she talks about books] and i am so…
You don’t need computer animation to experience morphing. You know what I'm talking about when a human gradually turns into an animal or an alien. One of the cool features of watching sci/fi or fantasy on film is watching the morphing. I watched my daily writing habit morph over the past eighteen months. Ok, my…
Usually, I love trying new tech products. But this month, I've avoided the shiniest new AI Agentic browsers: Perplexity's Comet and OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas. I'm sure they are great products. But something about them doesn't sit right with me. So I asked myself: Why? Upon introspection, here are 3 things I discovered:…
posts in the discover tab only shows posts from 2022, wonder if this platform is still active.
True. To be attractive & meaningful & charismatic Put other people first. Always. Not pleasuring them though
I lay on the mat staring up at the kaleidoscopic reflections on the ceiling. I pictured the next thing I could do at that moment. I pictured an event that could follow that, and another to follow that, and I whizzed around and around until I caught myself, and I realized I was Telescoping. In the next few moments, I…
Skyggene gjør seg alltid større enn de er. Mørket tåler nesten ingenting. Det går i stykker av litt lys.
and who teach me how to love things i met a girl who loves to cook and garden and by hanging out with her, or maybe by cooking with her, i grew to LOVE cooking and just hearing her talk about gardening made me love gardening more i had a friend in hs who was an Arts & Culture Self-Guided Exploration Master and she…
(original: 2007 Aug 17) fill in the blank with a word or phrase ... Here we go: 1. My favorite childhood toy was ... jacks. 2. My favorite childhood game was ... red rover. 3. The best movie I ever saw as a kid was ... willy wonka & the chocolate factory. 4. I don't do it much but I enjoy ... bowling. 5. If I could…
I recently started listening to an audiobook called 'Story worthy' and in that the writer states that every movie can be boiled down to 5 secs scenes of transformation. I realized this can be true for any movie, tv show or any other form of entertainment. So, I had a thought that if we think what our 5 secs would be,…
So it's my turn of having a car that will remain mostly unused in the parking lot of my building, as I work from home. Never thought I would ever have a car, because I don't need one, but the hard winter of Canada, the long waiting time for public transportation in the cold, and the hassle that is now using the car…
Love is not monogamy, love is not possession or ownership. Love isn't rainbows and sunshine and love definitely isn't an instagram post for all to see. Love is a witness to what's left between two people when everything else has been torn away. Love is understanding, love is acceptance that things won't always be…
a new day is here nothing can be assumed no one knows the way ( some claim to know and take the lead ) the fog is impossible and the journey so long but we get up and walk the only thing we can do
Consegui umas horinhas livres hoje e resolvi pintar o pé da máquina de costura que foi da avó do Renato. Eu já havia lixado, empapelado, passado o protetor de ferrugem a a coitada estava lá de cabeça pra baixo esperando há mais de um mês. A ideia inicial era levar o celular junto e ouvir um podcast, um audiolivro, ou…
I am the type who like analogies. I understand things better with analogies. I am aware that this type of thinking is not dynamic, and perhaps out of touch with reality. But as a thought exercise i enjoy doing this in my head. sometimes it helps me avoid bad startup ideas outright. And many times it makes me believe a…
I was told as a kid that I was good at writing. That identity, “writer”, formed quietly in the background, and stayed there, since it never seemed worth much. But I’ve assumed the identity of “editor” in plenty of circumstances - usually unasked for, unnecessary, and annoying. I’m ready to stop tearing down and start…
how come most people (me included) can name Lewis Caroll off the top of their heads but cannot name J.M. Barrie, when Peter Pan is just as iconic as Alice in Wonderland? I've never read Peter Pan and now I want to. I put on my winter scrunchie, a red tie, and I feel like Wendy now. How many Alice in Wonderlands are…
Problem-solving is a skill we begin practicing in infancy. Problems never go away. Our strategies for solving them change with age and practice. Use journaling as a strategy for dealing with frustrations, problems, and negative emotions. Even if you don't journal daily, writing your thoughts gives you an opportunity…
“Therefore if God gave them the same gift as he also gave us after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder God?” Acts 11.17 NET. God gave the outpouring of the Holy Spirit to those gathered in Cornelius’s house so that everyone could reach this conclusion: the gospel is for all. MORE: Cornelius’s…
I am feeling very overwhelmed by my work. It seems like a never ending pit of tasks to do. No matter what i do to figure it out, it is still pending. More and more and more. I cannot seem to reach any conclusion. Perhaps this is because it is such menial, manual work. Perhaps because it is the extent of…
ahh today an image created sparked a memory of an architectural concept about modernity (Weak and Diffuse modernity by Andrea Branzi). it theorized an idea for urban planning by taking 'weak' forms such as incomplete design and elasticity, then applied them to how a city can be formed. an ambitious though would be to…
devo ter escrito sobre isso aqui em algum momento... não me lembro e não quero procurar. mas queria falar hoje sobre criação. o que nos forma enquanto humanos, o que molda nossa personalidade. o poder das pessoas cuidadoras na nossa vida corrente. estava na cop30 e entre festas madrugadas adentro e muito trabalho,…
