I’ve been thinking a lot about yesterday’s post. The Pickles cartoon is cute, but I’m not that clueless about modern gadgets, and I’m guessing a lot of bloggers aren’t either. One reason I buy new devices is to keep my mind flexible. Things keep changing, and for me using those changes as a chance to learn and grow works better than fussing about it.
The nature of life is constant change.
The nature of humans is to resist that change.
Well, maybe not always to resist. My motto is still
Stay curious and open to life. No matter what happens keep learning and growing. Find what you love and find a way to share it with others.
Anyway, I spent most of two days early this week working on a technical problem that’s been on my possibility list for months…completely erasing a hard drive and reinstalling an operating system and only the programs I want. I had been putting it off because I knew I would run into problems even when I found the instructions on the internet and did what they said. I wasn’t wrong and kept playing with the problem until I got it to work. And play is the operative word…letting go of the results and getting curious about what worked and what didn’t work.
That’s why I love the video of Audrey in yesterday’s post. She’s so relaxed. She doesn’t understand what’s happening, but she’s not frustrated or stressed. She’s just curious and focused. She makes a great role model and I’m going to keep her in mind when I need to slip into that state.
The picture above is of another relaxed, curious kitty. The screen shot is from this Vimeo video by Jolene Hall. I’m a visual learner and thinker, so both of these videos are great reminders to keep a curious mind in a relaxed body.
Thank you, Beate and Jolene.
March 4, 2022
I am a visual learner as well. But this is a HUGLY big project! But it sure would give your mind plenty of exercise! I love how you said life is change and humans resist it. and it’s true. The older I get, the more I do not like change.
I don’t like a lot of the changes happening, and the ones I know are coming, so I spend time expanding my comfort zone.
We are, for the most part, creatures of habit.
Yes. It’s a good idea to evaluate them sometimes. 🙂
I tend to resist change but it’s more a change in routine rather than a change in new things. It’s easy for me to relax and keep an open mind in learning something new if it doesn’t matter what the outcome is. I’m a little more nervous if it’s something that has to be right.
That was the good thing about this project. It wouldn’t have been a disaster if I hadn’t been able to get it to work. That relieves a lot of pressure.
I am a show me kind of person, too. I am open to some changes, but dont always enjoy it, depending on what it is. What I hate is finally reaching a goal, without knowing how I got there because I have tried so many things I forget which combination finally worked.
I know. I try to be patient and go slowly so I have a chance of noticing what ends up working. It’s hard not to push, though.
I like learning new things as well and I learn best by seeing it done,
We’re lucky to have so much information at our disposal. 🙂
I have a love/hate relationship with change. I hate it when it happens and then it quickly changes into loving it. that is with eletronics. with life changes, I do ok, unless it is huge, like when my company moved 17 miles away from where I had worked for 12 years. it made my commute so awful, and I could not stand the commute. I cried all the way home a lot of the days. 17 miles could take and hour or more. I took early retirement because of the change. I do love moving, and before I married Bob is is a rock planted once he moves, I moved a lot from house to house, apartement to apartment and loved it. I have to say windows 11 I wish I had not done it because it has slowed the computer and microsoft made it so that Chrome doesn’t work well, if I use Edge it does really good, chrome not so good..
Thanks for the warning about Windows 11. Andy has been debating whether or not to upgrade. That old commute sounds horrible! We hate moving and have been in this apartment over 40 years. We are extremely lazy that way. 😀
I never considered integrating the element of play! Rather, like one of my boss’ favorite expressions, I didn’t want to “Set oneself up for failure.”
Play is so powerful because instead of worrying about the goal one pays attention to what is going on and does extra exploring and learning. It really pays off in the long run.
Michael and I have discussed this. in our very early growing up years it was nothing but Constant nomadic change. constantly new schools new people new everything! then when our father died it was like the foundation that kept the stability of any homelife was jerked away suddenly. and we were still children.
I learn by doing. but I also have to say… I’m very Tired of change just for change’s sake. and much of modern life seems to strike me that way. people Bore so easily. constant challenge is fine I guess. but it makes me tired.
I’m grateful to simply Be. so I admit to not subjecting myself to every change that comes along! good or bad. I don’t care.
it is what it is. and as Popeye said… I yam what I yam! LOL. xo
I’m so glad you have him. That makes it easier to deal with the big life changes we have no say in.
Those are definitely two great reminders. Thanks for sharing them.
Thanks.