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“in Adlerian psychology, we do not think about past “causes” but rather about present “goals” Instead of trying to unravel the why of something by looking at the past and creating a narrative, we need to look to present how this behavior is serving a need or a goal. For
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It’s interesting that you go from I can’t visualize enough to draw to I don’t know how to visualize. I think I can do it if I work at it.
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I’m just writing to be writing, walking around the edges of my property putting stakes in the ground. Ground’s covered in fog, see, so it’s hard to know where the edge is. The stake indicates the ground here is safe.
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The wind is howling outside, hungry and pulling at the door.
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I really wish I could review things line by line, work them line by line until I get the things in the system to their most atomic steps. It’s all kind of a mess right now, bits and pieces all over. Things work best when you have tools that
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I feel like I want to push back on something push forward on something take a step forward any step forward
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Epictetus (/ˌɛpɪkˈtiːtəs/;Greek: Ἐπίκτητος, Epíktētos; c. 50 – c. 135 AD) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was born into slavery at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present-day Pamukkale, in western Turkey) and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in northwestern Greece for the rest of his life. His
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To Epictetus, all external events are beyond our control; we should accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately. However, individuals are responsible for their own actions, which they can examine and control through rigorous self-discipline. This is part of Adlerian psychology as well. There are my tasks, and there are your
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The January 6th entry in Leo Tolstoy’s A Calendar of Wisdom has the following quote: Put at least half of your energy into making yourself free of empty wishes, and very soon will see that in so doing you will receive much greater fulfillment and happiness —After EPICTETUS This
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“If we focus only on past causes and try to explain things solely through cause and effect, we end up with “determinism.” Because what this says is that our present and our future have already been decided by past occurrences, and are unalterable” If we look to the past for
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“There is no escape from your own subjectivity. At present, the world seems complicated and mysterious to you, but if you change, the world will appear more simple” You cannot leave subjectivity behind, but you can change your mind, your thoughts, and so change your subjective world. Excerpt From: Ichiro
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“None of us live in an objective world, but instead in a subjective world that we ourselves have given meaning to. The world you see is different from the one I see, and it’s impossible to share your world with anyone else.” We exist in a subjective reality, created