It seems that having the idea is good enough. Slap our hands together in that whew-that's-done manner and get on with the next thing. But what happens to the first thing. Usually nothing.
We've got a long way to go when it comes to figuring out how to really live in this info age. It's one thing to absorb the info needed to operate the gadgets that give access to more and more info. (Whoa, and you sound like a raving lunatic talking about it.) But it's quite another thing to know when to shut 'er down.
Luckily, people have been 'shuttin' 'er down' since there WERE people, probably. And before. You only have to be around an animal of any sort for a while to know they meditate regularly. And I know, I know, I've gone on and on about this before. But here's the thing.
My friend went to class yesterday to learn to use her phone. I mean, it's the kind of thing that makes you give your head a shake. And what's that got to do with following through. Well, I know she had a project she was in the middle of that was really important. But this came up. Had to learn to use the phone to get more info to stop the processes that she is involved with and so on and so on...
I think it's a capitalist plot. Keeps us cogs chugging away achieving nothing but the satisfaction of having chugged. Often we're chugging on behalf of those who ARE following through because they have chuggers. And the billions we spend on having the latest equipment and connections with which to chug. Well. The mind boggles.
But where to get the courage to simply 'shut 'er down'. If I knew, would I be sitting here having coffee with you and Mac. I mean, really. There's a kiln that needs to be unloaded and orders are backing up and I need to get the roof fixed before it rains again...
We've got a long way to go when it comes to figuring out how to really live in this info age. It's one thing to absorb the info needed to operate the gadgets that give access to more and more info. (Whoa, and you sound like a raving lunatic talking about it.) But it's quite another thing to know when to shut 'er down.
Luckily, people have been 'shuttin' 'er down' since there WERE people, probably. And before. You only have to be around an animal of any sort for a while to know they meditate regularly. And I know, I know, I've gone on and on about this before. But here's the thing.
My friend went to class yesterday to learn to use her phone. I mean, it's the kind of thing that makes you give your head a shake. And what's that got to do with following through. Well, I know she had a project she was in the middle of that was really important. But this came up. Had to learn to use the phone to get more info to stop the processes that she is involved with and so on and so on...
I think it's a capitalist plot. Keeps us cogs chugging away achieving nothing but the satisfaction of having chugged. Often we're chugging on behalf of those who ARE following through because they have chuggers. And the billions we spend on having the latest equipment and connections with which to chug. Well. The mind boggles.
But where to get the courage to simply 'shut 'er down'. If I knew, would I be sitting here having coffee with you and Mac. I mean, really. There's a kiln that needs to be unloaded and orders are backing up and I need to get the roof fixed before it rains again...
