Sunday, December 11, 2011

NoVideo - Day 5

Being in the middle of a period of time I need to track frees me from the responsibility of coming up wit titles for my posts - though NoVideo is not the chiefest thing on my mind.

What is the biggest thing I've noticed? I've developed a need to focus on things. Apparently, watching videos, holding that need to watch something else, find the next novelty, tends to encourage an impatience where I am eagerly waiting for the next thing to happen. Without that stimulation in the equation - both its direct manifestation as a flickering image and its indirect influence as a desire or craving - I'm more patient with the things I do throughout the day, more settled.

Also, I have a strong desire to focus on one thing at a time, rather than overburden myself with a dozen contradictory tasks that I can't get done. I don't know if this directly has to do with being more settled - though being more comfortable in each task of the day certainly gets me in the habit of sticking with what I'm doing.

So back I go into my current project, which I will be writing about in detail on my other blog, once I'm finished with the project and once the other blog is properly up, sometime this week.

Beyond that, my life has been pretty still. Discussions with Penelope continue - we have formally decided one week of figuring things out, before making any decisions. The main idea is that we both need to decide what we want to do with our lives - at least a sketch for the next 7 or 8 months - before we can say that continuing the relationship makes sense. This is a tall order, but I'm going to do my best to figure that stuff out. With any luck, I'll be sorting out my thoughts here - a very helpful medium for sorting out my feelings.

In the meantime, nose to the grindstone.

Good working, all.

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