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I think it was who said something like burnout is due to being underpurposed rather than overworked. Tracks for me. Similar thing here. It’s not a filter failure problem. It is desire imprecision problem.
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Counterintuitive but… You don’t get to accurate and precise desiring via being accurate but imprecise and narrowing the focus gradually. You get there by being precise but inaccurate and retargeting iteratively.
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Tired: “meaning crisis!” —> spiritual zoom-in quest —> ??? —> “my life purpose is pottery” Twitter stressful all the way, and low success rate overall. Wired: writing meh, drawing meh, coding meh, 3d printing hmm! Pottery… yay! Twitter helpful all the way! High hit rate.
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Meta: this is actually the pottery parable… make 100 pots rather than trying to make 1 great pot. Try 100 things that miss the meaning mark to find the 1 meaningful thing. Ignore the abstract philosophy. That’s better for reflection and insight *after* you lock on.
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The philosophy is not optional though. It’s what turns a seeming random walk in the moment into a path with hidden logic in hindsight, which makes looking for the next thing if you tire of pottery that much easier. And maybe you’re a hedgehog and it will be the lifelong thing.
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Philosophical insight is a lagging indicator of meaning. And you can only save time by borrowing from others if they’re very like you. Otherwise you’re just falling for time-wasting halo charisma.
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“I don’t know what to do with my life” “Well what have you tried doing with it so far so far?” 😶 😶 “Well I watched YouTube videos about the meaning crisis” 😶
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