ultimately it’s rumination that will haunt you. introspection doesn’t if you do it right.
i think of introspection as game tape. you watch once, extract the signal, & close the tab. whereas rumination is the same clip on loop w/ no new information being processed. it’s reexperiencing dressed up as reflection.
you should treat the past as a read only database. you query it, get your answer, & then gtfo. i do sometimes wish there was an explicit mechanic in the human mind to effectively hit “archive”. i have personally been on a treadmill here. there is a lot more here to dig w.r.t. to modern therapy culture which is effectively designed to dig deep as far as possible indefinitely & often with a lack of clear purpose.
“Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.”
— C.S. Lewis, On Three Ways of Writing for Children
@dhh Hey @dhh , I am in university right now perusing comp sci what’s the one piece of advice you would give to someone like me, who wants ti build great things in future?