intentionality
Last modified on August 24, 2021
I don’t wanna just go through life on “autopilot”…I want to actively, oftenly, pop out to the meta- level and see where I’m going, and if that’s a good path, and edit the path in various ways.
Links to “intentionality”
focus
As usual, Andy Matuschak has some really striking notes on this topic.
In particular, I like his exhortations to get curious and get bored. Those two aren’t mutually exclusive, and in fact seem to go hand in hand.
Copying here some sane defaults that he lists (seems like a good support on my way to being intentional):
practice
Things to talk about in the context of practice:
- being intentional in your pursuits, e.g.
- violin. Practicing sautille bowing technique, working on left-hand mechanics separately from right hand, etc.
- programming.
- typing on keyhero
- having fun (yes, I’m serious, you can practice having fun)
- violin. Practicing sautille bowing technique, working on left-hand mechanics separately from right hand, etc.
I feel that there’s some relation of practice to mindfulness as well. Something about “holding the whole program in your head,”