for all my fellow serious, deep thinkers out there — how do you keep things light when it’s needed? asking for a friend

software, yapping, & asking "why?" 👩‍💻🎶🎤😴🔁

Seriousness is usually about feeling like there are problems we need to solve.

What helps me be light is a feeling of “We’ll figure it all out.” Trusting your future self allows you to take everything lightly.

playing /bracket, assisting /bracky, talking /greatbooks

thanks for taking me seriously, lightly! if your internal monologue leads to this kind of interaction, I’m sold :)

Great Books

Odysseus is the only Homeric character who speaks to himself. He has “parts” to himself — the speaker (reasons), the heart (obeys), and the man (twists and turns).

It is a remarkable anticipation of Plato’s Republic, and helps us understand why Socrates calls Odysseus a philosopher at the end of that dialogue.

Big believer in talking to myself:

https://warpcast.com/tldr/0xd40de2ac

dang this holds up well. ive been building a similar model, except i metaphorically wear hats (brain, gut, heart) rather than break myself into parts — i do this to reintegrate the ‘parts’ and try to uphold integrity. 

how do you speak to yourself at times when your thoughts are too abstract for words?