Self-improvement.

[MehGuy]

Right now, I am trying to control my anger, and not letting things bother me to such a severe extent. Been working on this one for a few years, and I think I am gradually getting better at it. In the past I used to be extremely hateful and bitter. Although I do chalk some of this improvement simply with the aging process and being more desensitized regarding my surroundings.

A lot of my family members (mostly on my mother's side) are very hateful and spiteful people. I believe I've inherited some of these genetics (mainly hyper empathy), but I still want to be better than that. While humans are animals, we still have the intellect to modify and improve our behavior at least to some extent. I guess overall, I want to be more of a rational mind instead of an emotional one.

As far as other things, I've been working on being more "politically aware" which kind of goes against wanting to control my anger, but I guess that's also a good testing ground... lol. Also working on being less self-centered and being more open towards the perspective of others. Being humbler that what I think about things might be wrong. To not give into my ego.

Alright... your turn.

 

[Landon Caeli]

I'm really depressed. Yesterday we went and watched the dolphins swim at laguna Beach, and then, I had a mental breakdown, because I have a torn meniscus, and my whole crew at work quit on me because I can't help, and they think I'm just being lazy. And now I might get demoted.

...But watching the dolphins was fun. Reminds me of this song:

 

[eleos1954]

Right now, I am trying to control my anger, and not letting things bother me to such a severe extent. Been working on this one for a few years, and I think I am gradually getting better at it. In the past I used to be extremely hateful and bitter. Although I do chalk some of this improvement simply with the aging process and being more desensitized regarding my surroundings.

A lot of my family members (mostly on my mother's side) are very hateful and spiteful people. I believe I've inherited some of these genetics (mainly hyper empathy), but I still want to be better than that. While humans are animals, we still have the intellect to modify and improve our behavior at least to some extent. I guess overall, I want to be more of a rational mind instead of an emotional one.

As far as other things, I've been working on being more "politically aware" which kind of goes against wanting to control my anger, but I guess that's also a good testing ground... lol. Also working on being less self-centered and being more open towards the perspective of others. Being humbler that what I think about things might be wrong. To not give into my ego.

Alright... your turn.

Also working on being less self-centered and being more open towards the perspective of others. Being humbler that what I think about things might be wrong. T

This is what Jesus taught (self centeredness - getting rid of it) ... you should consider christianity.

 

[MehGuy]

This is what Jesus taught (self centeredness - getting rid of it) ... you should consider christianity.

I've already done the Christian thing and it wasn't for me.

I have some positive and negative thoughts about that faith, but I don't want to really get into that here.

 

[eleos1954]

I've already done the Christian thing and it wasn't for me.

I have some positive and negative thoughts about that faith, but I don't want to really get into that here.

That's fine .... I pray some day you will reconsider.

 

[Landon Caeli]

That's fine .... I pray some day you will reconsider.

God sees your good deeds, and will reward you.

 

[Pavel Mosko]

Alright... your turn.

1) Well the big one is following Seth Godin's advice on "shipping creative work" from his book "The Practice. (as well as some of his other recent books and lecturers) Which is basically a fancy way of talking about getting paid or otherwise making a living off of the stuff you do creatively. For me this is a bit of a matter of Faith, because I've lots of different kinds of education and job skills and other stuff but most of the time hasn't really jelled that well where you are almost always coming up short with different requirements.

But the online world is a place where that sort of thing doesn't matter so much. So I'm slowly working on content creation like Christian Blogging and video blogging, and sometimes covering more general interest topics.

2) I have gotten a lot of benefit from this TED Talk and I'm trying to follow it with the above stuff.

3) I want to get back into the martial arts. I am going to be moving back to an area of California that has a Wing Chun academy nearby that I'm jazzed about That. 1st of that was something that was once rare in the States, and 2nd ly that style was the main ingredient to the 1st martial art I studied that was based on Bruce Lee's, Jeet Kune Do. Going to be much tougher this time because I'm just became "a senior citizen" and weigh a lot, lot more than I did as a teenager and early 20s college student, so will need to drop the weight, but this will be a good incentive and motivational goal for that.


4) A few months back, I gave up sugar for the most part. I thought it would help me, after reading an internet article about all the different diseases and conditions that sugar is linked to. I feel a little better having done so, but I still miss desert. I still eat regular sauces and packaged foods that have it, I just have basically given up on sweets permeantly unless it is fruit or something like that.

 

[The happy Objectivist]

Right now, I am trying to control my anger, and not letting things bother me to such a severe extent. Been working on this one for a few years, and I think I am gradually getting better at it. In the past I used to be extremely hateful and bitter. Although I do chalk some of this improvement simply with the aging process and being more desensitized regarding my surroundings.

A lot of my family members (mostly on my mother's side) are very hateful and spiteful people. I believe I've inherited some of these genetics (mainly hyper empathy), but I still want to be better than that. While humans are animals, we still have the intellect to modify and improve our behavior at least to some extent. I guess overall, I want to be more of a rational mind instead of an emotional one.

As far as other things, I've been working on being more "politically aware" which kind of goes against wanting to control my anger, but I guess that's also a good testing ground... lol. Also working on being less self-centered and being more open towards the perspective of others. Being humbler that what I think about things might be wrong. To not give into my ego.

Alright... your turn.

It's crucial. I call it constant improvement daily. I think that people who hold perfection as the standard of value for themselves are wrong. The goal should be little steps every day toward being a better person. At the end of my life I won't have achieved perfection but I not after that, but instead I strive to be a better person today than yesterday.

 

[MehGuy]

I know one hard part of self-improvement is wondering who I am anymore. A lot of times I'm not sure what plan I really have. Other than I just want to be "different" or "someone else".