Skip to content

Commit

Permalink
Update 2024-01-05-2024-principles.md
Browse files Browse the repository at this point in the history
  • Loading branch information
aleesteele authored Jan 16, 2024
1 parent c800a2d commit 93c5207
Showing 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion _posts/2024-01-05-2024-principles.md
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ I want this year to be a year of movement - not the kind that took me around the

**2. Be mindful of my attention - and train the muscle that allows me to sustain it.**

After many years of attempts, I’m finally cultivating a regular, small meditation practice. It is blooming into a much broader sense of self awareness and self-observation (without judgement) that has felt humorous, tragic, distracted, scattered, hyper-focused all at different times. Jenny Odell's ["How to do nothing"](https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/jenny-odell-on-taking-the-time-you-need-to-notice-think-and-grow/) has made me think a lot more critically about where I focus my attention, as well as [adrienne maree brown](https://adriennemareebrown.net/2018/01/01/attention-liberation-a-commitment-a-year-of-practice/)'s notion of 'what you pay attention to, grows'. After much trial and error, I've realised that cultivating my own sense of attention takes more quiet than conversation.
After many years of attempts, I’m finally cultivating a regular, small meditation practice. It is blooming into a much broader sense of self awareness and self-observation (without judgement) that has felt humorous, tragic, distracted, scattered, hyper-focused all at different times. Jenny Odell's ["How to do nothing"](https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/jenny-odell-on-taking-the-time-you-need-to-notice-think-and-grow/) has made me think a lot more critically about where I focus my attention, as well as [adrienne maree brown](https://adriennemareebrown.net/2018/01/01/attention-liberation-a-commitment-a-year-of-practice/)'s notion of 'what you pay attention to, grows'. After much trial and error, I've realised that cultivating my own sense of attention takes more quiet than conversation. I don't want to be afraid of the kind of solitude this may require, without letting that become self-isolation.

**3. Embrace a beginner’s mindset, and create more: frequently and earnestly without too much self-criticism.**

Expand Down

0 comments on commit 93c5207

Please sign in to comment.