Jun 20
[This post was originally written for puttylike.com]
Today: some thoughts about life decisions.
[WARNING: THIS SECTION CONTAINS MATHS! (It’s optional, so skip it, if you like.)]
A few months ago, I was making a decision, and every time I thought about it, a mathematical analogy sprung to mind.
Feb 17
[Warning: contains mild physics.]
Imagine a short piece of rope. We’ll call him Ropert.
Let’s imagine that Ropert represents our lives.
Jul 09
It seems fairly clear to me is that there’s often a gap between “what we have” and “what we want”.
If I were to accurately model this gap using Science(TM) and Art(TM) it’d look something like this:
May 11
Now that I’m (mostly) successfully managing my anxiety, everything should be great forever… right?!
Well, no.
Obviously life isn’t magically perfect. (Though of course “less anxiety” is a huge improvement!)
This is fine. I never expected perfection.
But something else I didn’t expect was that managing anxiety better could itself cause problems.
Mar 28
How do you eat a Stonehenge? One bite at a time.
Original Photo © Francesco Volpi, Francesco Volpi on Flickr.
CC BY-ND 2.0
I’m fond of planning. I’m a Plan Fan, a man who can plan. I plan, er…
Inner critic: Hello reader. If you don’t respect anyone who can’t think of more than three rhymes for “plan”, you might like to turn away now.
Anyway. I like looking ahead, you might say. But if I get too caught up in long-term thinking, I end up struggling.
