I've found truth in both these aphorisms:
1. Creative insight is more about noticing and cultivating expansive mental states than it is about #hustleporn. Take a walk.
2. Screw that: butt. in. chair. "Stop not writing," per @annelamott
Twitter, how do you approach this conflict?
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One model I like for thinking about such questions: working at the edge of your abilities means your models of yourself start to break down; you're doing something you haven't done before. This is _why_ it can be so hard to make judgement calls between 1, 2 (or something else)
For that reason it's good to pay attention to how things are going, & rotate. When something's working well, keep going. When it's only working moderately, try other models of working, and try to find something which works. Which sounds trite; I only wish I did it consistently!
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For me, it's not just 1 and 2. Also 3: talk with my friends & colleagues; 4: talk with new people; 5: go to events; 6: go on vacation; 7: read etc.
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The most productive I've ever been was during a week-long vacation on Maui
. Oddly, it was a great vacation qua vacation, too. And: hello from Las Vegas! -
I wish I did better at following my own model... When your option 2 isn't working I tend to think "More 2 is required!" Within limits that's right, but over time is just crazy. But I still default to it!
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Exactly. No approach guarantees progress, because *every* approach is bound to run into unforeseen problems. However, one can learn or invent new criteria for assessing one’s approach. And, when dissatisfied, one can select or invent new approaches, & test those in their turn.
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Following Popper, reject the search for certain, final truth in favor of error-correction. So, in comparing policies for solving unforeseeable future problems, the question is not “Which is right?” but “Which best identifies and corrects mistakes (which are inevitable)?”
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