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LiPing gave the metaphor today of FIRST drawing the sketch before we then go back to fill in the fine details. Do the broad strokes first.
Happy with life
Nice chat with Helena
Interesting perspective on life unfolding
I love Gaia U advising
Seeing the patterns I have learned from Gaia U emerge in many different conscious and aware individuals. Powerful lessons for me regarding leadership, management, MTMP, how we design, perfection as the enemy of the good
Tai Chi Learning
It is very effective to learn through teaching others
Showing and listening to other students in yang yangs class was a wonderful teaching method
I am amazed at the difference between learning something to the point of being able to follow it and being able to do it
Everybody in swimming dragon tai chi class could reasonably follow the routine by the end of the week; however, only the two men who had done it before and myself could do it on our own. There were several people who had done an entire week of it previously and STILL could not do it.
The missing element was that they never actively tried to do it on their own. They repeated it OVER and OVER following someone and NEVER tried it on their own. I tried in on my own in between each class and then despite the fact that I was at the fewest classes, I own the form. Perhaps others in the class have a more refined form WHEN they are following. Perhaps they understand nuances that I missed or am actively doing incorrectly in my haste to possess it. However, I am actually going to do the form for the rest of my life, and they will only do it again if they ever take a swimming dragon class again.
I think I am a fan of doing it QUiCKLY as well when learning it. I get that it should ultimately be done slowly however, I believe that altering speed when practicing potentially helps learn it. I didn't play with this much.
I still believe that teaching others is SUPER effective
but just doing it on my own is very effective as well.
ONLY following is the least effective method to learn a new form.
Design Challenges
I love to plan and design.
I need to decide how much to plan and design
I would prefer to set intentions for the important things in my life in which I want to grow. I am questioning whether I spend too much time documenting what I am learning rather than embracing the learning process. This is largely about what my I need in order to be employed. Gaia has certainly inspired me to get projects rolling in my life and inspired much in the way of documentation; however, I question whether I need documentation. Work has always manifested for me in whatever I am good at. I am super grateful with my path through Gaia and I have grown in many ways that feel exceedingly valuable. In addition, I want to insure that I don't spend time (and worry) getting things done that I don't need to get done. Lately, I feel overcommitted, of which Gaia was a part. I keep anticipating more free time in my life only to find it disappearing. I am limiting the amount of work I am taking and even when I am basically on vacation, I feel like I always have threee things I "have to do".. This is bewildering for me and I am seeking ease in my life. I don't believe it is simply a mindset as I allow ease in my life often and well; however, lately, it seems like it simply won't come. Granted, mom had many guests and homesteading is ALWAYS a full time job, but I will be amazed if this "always stuff to do" continues past my Gaia Master's. And truly, I love doing stuff, and I generally do do stuff so I don't know that I need to overdo stuff by feeling deadlines. Although I like impetus to get things done. I am walking a fine line and I don't want to fall into lethargy (which I rarely worry about) and I also don't want to OVERDO which I used to not be worried about l however lately my life seems more scheduled than many people and I don't really likee that I feel part of this corporate rat race when I work several months a year and take care of a homestead. Familial boundaries are presumably a part of it and finishing a master's degree seems like it should be part of it. I want to be careful in this coming year to invite ease into my life.
I saw a small rose in a small vase today. After doing so many bouquets with roses, it was a huge shift for me to see this quant perfect little zen style bouquet in such a small vase. This never would have occurred to me; however, this is a great use for roses that don't have much stem.
confirmation bias OP 5 Journal worldview
freakonomics : on media bias -- the episode is why do we watch the news -- ends with the silo effect of that we watch news that confirms the story that we already tell about the world
This was the first time I heard the term Silo-ed used as a symbol of how we gain our news media at this point
I loved Stephen's comment (although I don't agree) that CNN is unbiased and reports on the news so he doesn't feel the need to watch other news reporting the same thing with a left or right bias.
I see how most people will not and cannot change their minds.
Whether the original brainwashing was the parents, church, first girlfriend, college friends is unknown. I do believe that with significant community, we can change our views; however, gernerally I am a big believer in confirmation bias purporting that
WORLDVIEW JOURNAL
conventionality
my worldview
enculturated upon me
What has been forced upon me that I can let go of. . .
OP Design Methodology
Ironically, in my final OP, I realize that the Design for ALL OP's was functionally the same and involved making sure I adequately responded to feedback from my advisor and all of Gaia's metrics established in PoDAPO.
I think I should offer an SFA class on Metrics of Gaia:PoDAPO and how metrics inform a design methodology.
So much to learn
I do feel like a kid in the candy store and time is finally settling into my life offering space for so much learning.
Curriculum Creation
Teaching myself
basket weaving
tying knots
magic
Card trick
I am not good at the basic pass; however, after isolating some key aspects of magic, I recognize the what. Despite the fact that I can't execute this skill means nothing to me regarding having been able to learn and understand it.
This does call into question another aspect of our world which is whether we wish to remove the "mystery" from topics. I am fine if people don't want to learn something.
Magic is perhaps symbolic.
Not meeting my expectations/hopes is VERY DIFFERENT
Not meeting our agreements
As I design my life and look at how to set boundaries with people I have agreements with; it is very interesting to be humble, laid back and allow people to walk all over us. I think we are happier and kinder because we continually have the gift of allowing others to do what they need.
AS LEARNER
Active Experimentation has been my primary learning put into practice
I am hopeful that this will soon inform my ability to make decisions (i.e. take action without fear of failure.
I am at this point good at taking actions (experimenting with the hope/acceptance of failure and have told myself that failure is often the best teachings)
However, when large decisions need to be made that have economic or other repercussions, I had not fully digested Active Experimentation.
AS LEADER
Working with people inspires me. I delegate tass to gardeners in Mexico and I realize that 3 of us working in 1 day accomplishes much more than 1 person working 3x as long.
Reflecting on the tools of Gaia from my precapstone experience reveals to me how much Gaia has informed patterns in my life. Many of the tools that I have been introduced to in only the last couple of years are common practices and tools in my life now. I make a Now, Sooner, Later list regularly. Patches of GTD, specifically recognizing the Just Do It (if it's less than 5 minutes) has been super helpful. I still struggle with making a decision when I can see so many directions that are possible so that aspect of GTD hasn't fully landed in my body.
Key Un/learnings
Creating Templates
Structured Journalling
Boxes for what are the necessary elements of ALL OP's freed me from the need to Design the bulk of the OP. Indeed, in order to satisfy Gaia's metrics, I need to put out similar text boxes in most of my OP's especially in the Design and Commentary sections. The meat of the actual project is variable in all the OP's; however, this often lands in the Supporting Evidence for me and the Design and Commentary are fairly standardized.
Reusing some material