I have spent the majority of my life jumping from job to job, dream to dream, and sometimes country to country. Through all of that adventuring, I've landed myself a simple life that I love very much. I have a job that I am good at, care about, and feel has purpose. This stability in my life has allowed a huge creative growth spurt in me - I have so many ideas for art and writing and mathematics!
I'm not naive. I know how lucky I am and I don't want to take this time and stability in my life for granted. But here's the thing: I am not good at stability. I have no practice.
I am trying really hard to cultivate my patience and diligence, because I feel like those are the virtues my work and my art need, but that presents its own difficulties. How do I better develop my focus? my patience? Are there psychological power-lifting techniques to bulk up these virtues fast? Or methods I can use to help me stay on project longer and longer? Sometimes I feel like I slip into this hard work zone, which is awesome feeling, but I always loose it or get distracted. It pops like a soap bubble.
I can't even articulate all the questions I want to ask, so empathetic expressions are welcome in lieu of answers.
TLDR: I was a hustler, always moving fast, but now I'm in a patient man's game. How to best adapt?
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[–] 2347057? [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I recently studied the Eightfold Path while traveling through some very impoverished areas, thick with the exploitation of local populations for the benefit of Big Oil. I think the study would have had a profound impact either way, but within that context the reading helped to cut through my delusions like a scalpel popping a soap bubble. My mind, and thus my life, was changed by the reading.
So thanks! It was advice so good, I took it before you gave it! ^_^