Day 4
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 2:38 pm
Ok, I umm... I hesitate to say this, but I think I have more energy than before. Energy is one of things I need to do the work, and before the challenge, I was clueless to how I would increase it. So, thank you
I just read Jodie's share, and that reminded me that this isn't about getting this perfect each time. I realized there were some times when I was chewing and not present. Which I am getting that it's about continuing to improve my attention to what I'm doing.
I went from gulping down about 1 to 1 1/2 meals a day to eating 2 or 3 smaller meals and somehow it has worked out to eating even less food.
Now to the question: Can I see the Value for me?
Not staying with exercises/practices long enough has kept me from amounting to anything. Not amounting to anything has cost me hundreds of thousands in dollars even at my current level of intelligence/ability.
So if I look at any number of opportunities that I could become qualified to do at my current level of capability, what I can see is that a lack of stick-to-it-ness & sustained (long enough) attention is missing. I could further speculate that the value or what is possible through the ongoing practice of this challenge, is worth, let’s say, 75k to 125k in a year. Which would likely grow as the discipline develops to god knows how much over the years.
However, what price do I put on the source of fulfillment I’d get from looking in the mirror and loving the person looking back at me? Knowing this person is anything but a parasite. How rare and valuable would that be?
For someone like me, I can’t overstate the value of having a practice that serves as the foundation for all of the growth that I would otherwise daydream about. Training myself to become somebody may even seem trivial in monetary value, and yet be everything I could ever ask for.
I just read Jodie's share, and that reminded me that this isn't about getting this perfect each time. I realized there were some times when I was chewing and not present. Which I am getting that it's about continuing to improve my attention to what I'm doing.
I went from gulping down about 1 to 1 1/2 meals a day to eating 2 or 3 smaller meals and somehow it has worked out to eating even less food.
Now to the question: Can I see the Value for me?
Not staying with exercises/practices long enough has kept me from amounting to anything. Not amounting to anything has cost me hundreds of thousands in dollars even at my current level of intelligence/ability.
So if I look at any number of opportunities that I could become qualified to do at my current level of capability, what I can see is that a lack of stick-to-it-ness & sustained (long enough) attention is missing. I could further speculate that the value or what is possible through the ongoing practice of this challenge, is worth, let’s say, 75k to 125k in a year. Which would likely grow as the discipline develops to god knows how much over the years.
However, what price do I put on the source of fulfillment I’d get from looking in the mirror and loving the person looking back at me? Knowing this person is anything but a parasite. How rare and valuable would that be?
For someone like me, I can’t overstate the value of having a practice that serves as the foundation for all of the growth that I would otherwise daydream about. Training myself to become somebody may even seem trivial in monetary value, and yet be everything I could ever ask for.