If a picture is worth a thousand words, then writing a thought down for one day is worth a thousand days of having it tumble around in our heads. I've found the act of
reflection
much more active than I once assumed. I had thought it was about consuming information and sitting on it, but that's only one small part. To reflect means to assimilate those observations into our own being in a way that it changes us.
I used to watch endless documentaries and read article after article thinking that it was leading to reflection, but now I think just like food there's a limit to what one can consume or observe on any given day. After the daily quota is met it's best to do something else. What is that something else? Depends on where you are.
For me I've found
notebooking
to be invaluable to developing ideas at lightspeed. Instead of spending months thinking I'm thinking about an idea, I can just write it down and actually think. Don't worry, I still fall for the trap of thinking that thinking about something is good enough, but I really ought to commit to streaking with notebooking.
I'm not a fan of adhering to an output based streak --> like publishing everyday (cough unless it's a community I'm actively trying to develop cough) but I am a fan of input based streaks. And I guess here is where I'll publicly commit to notebooking everyday now.
B-Wilson Style
. Why commit to something like that publicly if my notebook will be private anyways? Well maybe there's someone else out there who's on the fence about how they should approach daily-anything and maybe reading this will help them decide to choose which side to fall on.
Agree with this Sir Abe. I am increasingly feeling like I have too many books, too many articles, too many FB groups, too many PDFs etc etc where there is excessive information. I want a more curated access to things that I am willing to dedicate my time too. More importantly, I want to go deep into whatever I am trying to learn, understand and master. Even writing the review of things I come across helps me get a better understanding. I haven't tried coming up with new ideas yet but the act of writing does help with organize thoughts in general so I see the point there.
And amen to any type of streak - public or private!
Funny you use the term "output-based streak." I'm trying to think of any other kind of streak that matters.
I'm actually arguing that here right now: that input based streaks -- which is actually what you're doing -- is the one that matters, because we control our inputs.
keni I think if you look at the mass source of information that you are juggling I think you'll most likely see that they are all alluding to a smaller subset of lessons.
And also there's probabbly one really good source of info for that subset.
What I've been thinking lately is that the point of all this information isn't just so that we become more informed. That's a part of it. But I think ultimately the true fruit is that it changes how we go about our lives. And often I think we spend a little too long in the 'learning' stage as an excuse for procrastinating on doing/living/being.
And amen to any type of streak - public or private!
Funny you use the term "output-based streak." I'm trying to think of any other kind of streak that matters.
I'm actually arguing that here right now: that input based streaks -- which is actually what you're doing -- is the one that matters, because we control our inputs.
And also there's probabbly one really good source of info for that subset.
What I've been thinking lately is that the point of all this information isn't just so that we become more informed. That's a part of it. But I think ultimately the true fruit is that it changes how we go about our lives. And often I think we spend a little too long in the 'learning' stage as an excuse for procrastinating on doing/living/being.