Context enthusiast 𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 ______ 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: Eventually, we must see things for what they are, do what we can, endure and bare what we must. Mimetic theory is something I tell ya. In a perpetual macabre dance with the relativity of (in)significance. The heuristic process is fraught with individual failure, but deepens the learnings. Accounts tend to be a simplification of occurrences. “The construction of identity is an individual accident.” - Joscha Bach The desire for more positive experience is in itself a negative experience; paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is a positive experience. Alan Watts’ ‘The Backward Law’ I Exist in a deep flow state when I’m snowboarding. Ego-syntonic vs Ego-dystonic 𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 things to watch: “My Octopus Teacher” - Netflix “White Tiger” - Netflix “Judas and The Black Messiah” - HBO Max “Tenet” (One of the great films featuring time travel as its primary plot mechanism) “I Care A Lot” - Netflix ‘The Crown’ - Netflix (The use of the English language by the English is impeccable.) 𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬: ‘Sapiens’ by Yuval Harari ‘The Obstacle is The Way’ by Ryan Holiday ‘Ego is the Enemy” by Ryan Holiday ‘The Mastery of Love’ by don Miguel Ruiz ‘The Big Leap’ by Gay Hendricks ‘A Return To Love’ by Marianne Williamson ‘The Will to Change’ by Bell Hooks “Greenlights” by Matthew McCaughey ‘Atomic Habits’ by James Clear ‘Doing Justice’ by Preet Bharara “The Power of Vulnerability” by Brene Brown “Being & Nothingness” by John Paul Sartre (Will finish someday)