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intrepid ⛵️
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Random thoughts on happiness and fulfillment in life. Such complicated, elusive things. On paper, it seems so simple: focus your conscious thought on the present, develop a small handful of deep, meaningful connections with other people, find a muse or two to keep you creative and entertained as the years drift away ..
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... perhaps have some offspring to help create a feeling of continuation when you finally pass. Obviously, all these things are only relevant once you have satisfied the basic needs such as food, shelter, etc.
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The reality, however, is much more complicated. I have spent a lot of time pondering life. On a boat, you have a lot of time in a kind of flow state while sailing. Your mind is occupied for hours (sometimes days and weeks on a passage) with a complicated multi-sensory set of tasks ...
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... (feeling the wind, trimming sails accordingly, watching for waves, listening for noises which should not be there, avoiding hazards in the water such as boats and reefs, watching the weather, and making sure you're going in the right direction).
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You do all this while the boat is moving at the speed of a marathon runner, so it's at a much more humanly intuitive level than driving a car, for example. This flow state is when multiple different regions of the brain must communicate with one another in a synchronous way.
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It reduces the mental chatter (aka daily distracting thoughts) in the frontal cortex, potentially contributing to increased higher thinking. If you're interested in this kind of thing, do some digging into synchronization theory within the context of the flow state.
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i need to get me an rc plane again… once it’s in the air the brain magically wipes away every other thought. totally different dynamics but also some brain synchronization 😄
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