Blog 500

Life is about control isn't it? 

It has to be to a degree.

It's about what you think you have control over, what you actually have control over, perhaps who you have control over, and in what environment those rules apply.

To not have control over some things is too, well too… out of control. And that is a feeling that might increase stress. Agreed?

We all have areas of knowledge, expertise, geography, hierarchy that we feel entitles us to a basic feeling of control.

But maybe you want to broaden your mind? 

Do you? Really? Think it over.

Maybe you think that travel will broaden your mind?

OK but come on… is that all you've got? A simple alteration of your personal geography as the secret of mind expansion? Really?

Imagine your world like a cartoon brain, pulsing with a regular frequency and a low background hum. Stretching to grow, then easing off for comfort. There are probably lots of sandpits you can go and play in, where you won't be in control. But why would you expect to enjoy it? 

Well you could keep it trivial... the aforementioned travel.... going on holiday isn't a huge mental mountain to climb.

And you might meet some people who appear on the surface to be nice (and may even be nice underneath. Nothing is impossible).

What about going back to school?

What about jacking it all in and trading up. Or down?

Oh... but imagine the stress. Imagine the loss of control.

All the things you thought you wanted, you never wanted after all. They turned out to be a bit hard. Pity. 

What is the option? Live in your current bubble. Yes that's it, nice and familiar. You don't really need it to be any bigger. It's not like the world is changing or anything. You could even push occasionally at the edges, to extend or reduce participation/control. 

Or how about this? Why not become a parent? Not only do you have genetic control, it's also legally enforceable.

An instant personal genetically obligated army. Well done.

You can rule the roost.

You can set the rules on dinnertime and everything.

Or why not run a company? Why not employ people?

They have to do what they're told, or you take away the biscuits at coffee break. Great! Imagine the fun.

But these complicated environments are still very simple examples of testing the edges of your bubble.

How far do you go?

Do you follow a specific coherent path (recommended) or many different lines (tricky).

When do you tire?

When do  you rest?

And when do you stop and just polish the bubble you have today?