metacognition

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Date: 08 August 2007 04:15:27

thinking about thinking... i'm reading a book entitled Blink by Malcolm Gladwell, and it's very good. if you like psychology and reason...and are interested in understanding the world in a different way, i'd recommend it. (actually validates me, too - and i'm going to trust my gut more often and resist second-guessing myself... i have a very good instinct -- thin-slicing -- it's time i relied on it)

i have a lot of stuff going on in my head at the moment... several different topics on different channels, if you will (playing at the same time!) ...so, gentle reader, to share them all here, now, has the potential to be a very long blog posting.

so, brothers & sisters, in order to spare you the details, here's an abbreviated version:

1) there are too many plastic bags in my life. i have/am taking action to decrease the amount of said bags in my daily life. too much refuse is created by one little person... multiply that by all the people, then we've got a problem - long term. but then i think about how the world was created, and all man-made things are created from some form of organic material... earth to earth, etc. we each need to care - and we have so far to go in order to make a change... but just one person can start. two people? even better. So i've just been thinking about that - what i can do within my life to help the overall cause.

2) pondering the water supply, am curious about "worst case scenario" suggestions re: how to find drinking water should public water become unavailable. obvious suggestions are: toilet tank, water heater, automobile, collecting rainwater... but other than that, i have no idea. i truly am blessed to live in a place where fresh, clean, abundant water is not a daily struggle.

3) how long will my car last... especially if i put $200 into it here and there. and when it dies (hopefully years from now) i hope to purchase a used car. why did i insist in buying a new car a few years ago? stupid, i say.

4) related to #3, what happened to electric cars - the rage of the 90's?!?!?!? seriously - they were the wave of the future. what role did oil companies and big government play, and why? do other countries have electric cars standard on their roads?

5) how in the world can a man have no clue when a woman isn't interested? and, in this day and age, when she gracefully tells him "thanks but i'm not interested in anything further" how does he not understand the message? and what's wrong with this guy if he returns - glutton for punishment?

6) now that i've seriously thought about relocating in a few years' time, i realize just how blessed i am to *live where i live *have the friends that i have *work in the job in which i work *have the neighbors that i have *and the knowledge of the growth i've made since moving here seven years ago. i've grown up here. doesn't mean i need to stay here forever, but it's been a good time. but perhaps there's something more...? that's for me to find out.

7) i will be approaching this next year at work as a game: can i stay positive and have a life and do my job well without losing sanity? it's a challenge. i like challenges.

8) i joined a gym, my first day (orientation) is tomorrow... just signed up. have been doing ongoing research, and now it's just time to jump in with both feet - and just start. do it. now.

9) so far i'm 2:2 for packing a nice, healthy lunch for work. it makes me feel good, i'm being proactive, and i safe time...and it allows me to eat with my coworkers - good conversation instead of waiting in line at the nearby sandwich shop.

and

10) honestly, my mind's attention can only decipher channels 1 - 9, but i thought the list should have ten items. thus it seems like an appropriate means to close this list.