Very strange, Upset_Nerd. I have been living my life more or less the same way as you have. When I read your post it sent chills down my spine. I thought I was the only one. Now we are two of a kind. :)
I guess that our situation isn’t that uncommon unfortunately. I hope you’ll also be able to improve your mind state similar to what I’ve done. I recommend reading PJ Ebys comments here on Less Wrong since he’s mentioned a large amount of his important ideas in them. You can also PM me if you’d like.
I guess that our situation isn’t that uncommon unfortunately.
It’s ridiculously common, actually. In the next Guild newsletter I’ve written about the impact of social signaling emotions on our motivation, and the unintended consequences of same in our non-evolutionary environment—where we’re all basically the tribal chieftains or feudal lords of our lives, even though we were mostly raised to be serfs.
(I’ll probably do an LW post at some point on this same topic, though with less how-to and personal stories. But first I gotta finish the training CD.. which incidentally discusses how to apply the Litanies of Gendlin and Tarski to motivational issues. Fun stuff, having a little Guild in my LW and a little LW in the Guild. ;-) )
Very strange, Upset_Nerd. I have been living my life more or less the same way as you have. When I read your post it sent chills down my spine. I thought I was the only one. Now we are two of a kind. :)
I guess that our situation isn’t that uncommon unfortunately. I hope you’ll also be able to improve your mind state similar to what I’ve done. I recommend reading PJ Ebys comments here on Less Wrong since he’s mentioned a large amount of his important ideas in them. You can also PM me if you’d like.
It’s ridiculously common, actually. In the next Guild newsletter I’ve written about the impact of social signaling emotions on our motivation, and the unintended consequences of same in our non-evolutionary environment—where we’re all basically the tribal chieftains or feudal lords of our lives, even though we were mostly raised to be serfs.
(I’ll probably do an LW post at some point on this same topic, though with less how-to and personal stories. But first I gotta finish the training CD.. which incidentally discusses how to apply the Litanies of Gendlin and Tarski to motivational issues. Fun stuff, having a little Guild in my LW and a little LW in the Guild. ;-) )