Figured out why I donât like âcirclingâ and other such practices: I think they hack the creation of intimacy by making you do things in reverse order (share true vulnerable stuff SO THAT you build trust). Not unlike how PUAs work
this is a random personal tweet to turn your homo-sapiens valves and help you render me (or maybe manipulate you into caring about me?) Itâs a value-devoid tweet, aside the value of connection to me ||| Today I submitted my eight bots to play Among Us for the name of alignmentâI am in âTamazigh,â one of my fav cafes in Imsouane run by five smiling womenâwaiting for my harira and vegetable tagineâmood check-in: itâs pretty good sirâmy bag contains: laptop in a big plastic zip bag and a towelâfit check: I am wearing a silk shirt bought in EssaouiraâI just made seven photos to share a cute selfie, I do ran slightly perfectionistâohhhh! here is my harira
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Maybe something towards this (four step process > two step process). I didnât think long on this so input v welcome!
When youâre upset with somebody, an instinct often is to express anger or put blame on the other person. This usually ends in hurt or a spiraling quarrelâthe second they feel accused, they stop listening and start defending.
The magic trick: we donât have access to objective reality, but we do have access to our own. So if you want a cooperative solution, do two thingsâsay how you felt, then your ask. âI felt anxious when I didnât hear from you last nightâcould you text me if youâre running late?â
The only discipline is biting your tongue on the anger, blame, and accusation (âyou alwaysâŠâ, âyouâre so lazyâ) and on guessing their internal experience or motives (âyou obviously donât careâŠâ). You donât have access to objective reality, or at least it can be disputed, so stay with what you felt and what youâre asking for.
I quickly created custom instructions that may counter this (didn't test them)
When I share my own writing or thinking
â treat my voice and choices as deliberate. Don't pull bold or funny toward the safe, average, expected version
â if something seems off, say it once, briefly, then let me decide.
â lead with what works. When a piece is good, say so and stop, rather than generating more notes to seem useful.
â keep feedback to your few highest-leverage points, not an exhaustive list.
as far as effective, transformative inner work goes, this is the whole thing. these are the 3 âskillsâ
being able to put attention in the body & stay is the foundation. learning to âdo nothingâ is the other end of the spectrum
everything else transformative is relational/outer
single thing that works marvel for my productivity, sparkiness and wellbeing is this note to self: "!!! rich environments (danger of boredom stuckness) music, friends, sport snack, dance, take rest when you are tired"
i am interested more in you when you try a little less, i am reading Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heiti i like it and I wish she tried a little less. Like, who believes the voice that this what naturally comes out is meh and it should be a certain way. I am not angry at ambition, and more admiring being in flow with all things, radically, even with things that seem by the the default culture as undesirable