Tag: self-awareness
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Waking up in someone else’s life
Have you ever had a feeling that the life you live is not really your own? That hobbies, jobs, friends you have don’t reflect your personality, but rather what is societally acceptable? That your real personality never had any chance to grow and develop because it was too different from what school or parents desired…
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It all worked out well, but where’s happiness
The negotiations at work went out better than expected. It seems we will develop some agreement which suits both sides. But what do I feel about this negotiation attempt? I’m glad it’s over and that I don’t have to mentally prepare for different directions the dialog could develop. Also it’s great that something is finally…
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Miss the old job
I really do miss it, at least some parts of being a geophysicist. Like having actual self-respect because you do a job you believe in. The occupation serving practical purpose in a great industry. Not some abstract data hoarding at obscure university which I facilitate right now. But now when I start remember the long-gone…
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Excitement seeking
I constantly have the desire to try out everything: The list goes on and on. While somehow it’s very exciting to think about doing all of these tasks the reality is quite different. In reality after a couple of tries at something I would stuck at some necessary, but maybe less exciting routine. E.g. soldering…
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Work clothes
Its funny how wearing “special” clothes for particular occasion puts one to particular state of mind. For example today I experimented with wearing a shirt to a meeting with colleagues where people usually wear casual clothing. And somehow I felt differently. The only explanation of the effect my clothing has on my performance is that…
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Is consciousness unchanging?
This article continues a series of “active reading” posts dedicated to personal and subjective reading of a “Cutting through spiritual materialism” book. I thought to myself that a literary journey to Buddhism has to start somewhere. So it seems that this book, covering common pitfalls in attaining enlightenment is as good of a starting point…