looking-far-and-close.txt having diverse perspectives on situations

Original Author: Sahil Gautam <printfdebugging@gmail.com>
Homepage: <https://printfdebugging.in/>
License: GNU GPL v2

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CONTENTS

    1. Brain is Short Sided by Default                     brain-is-shortsided
    2. Factoring in Regrets and Joy                            regrets-and-joy
    3. Short Term and Long Term (Gains/Losses)             short-and-long-term
    4. Not Seeing the Part as the Whole                      part-is-not-whole
    5. It will Never be Easy                                     the-hard-part

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Brain is Short Sided by Default                             brain-is-shortsided

    this is hopefully my last writing on "habbit-building" the reason would be
    pretty clear by the end of this document. i would also stop talking about
    such things in my professional circle and my friend circle as that's
    pointless. let's start with looking at the brain first.

    the brain, if left to it's own devices likes to amuse itself to death. it
    likes to jump from one exciting thing to another, jumping the moment it
    gets a little complicated or hard to understand. the brain prefers comfort
    over anything else, shortcuts over the long hard way.

    it is very short sided, if it can be "happy" (what that means is very
    ambiguous) now, it goes for that choice without caring about what that
    does to it in the long term.

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Factoring in Regrets and Joy                                    regrets-and-joy

    in the times of temptation or distress when one can't think clearly, the
    sense of right and wrong is twisted. like when under pressure, i find joy
    in eating chocolates, but once i am done eating, i regret it.

    on ther other hand, working for long hours being focused on one task feels
    like a punishment at moments, but in the end i am usually glad that i
    worked in that time.

    these are really short sided examples, i am not even considering the long
    term regrets and joy... what if at the age of 50 i regret not working out
    now, when i have time and energy and opportunity? do i factor in those
    potential regrets while chasing joy in the present moment?

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Short Term and Long Term (Gains/Losses)                     short-and-long-term

    clearly i don't need to list all the gains and losses one has to face if
    they do one thing or the other, any serious individual would know about
    that.

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Not Seeing the Part as the Whole                             part-is-not-whole

    doing something once is often not seen in relation to the whole thing.
    like if i don't do exercise today, i don't see that in relation to me
    potentially not working tomorrow, and the day after that... and me
    regretting that in future.

    same applies to good things. so if i exercise today, repeating the same
    tomorrow would be relatively familier.. still not easy, but not unknown.

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It will Never be Easy                                            the-hard-part

    after postponing workouts, runs, programming sessions for years now and
    after consuming potentially 100s of chocolates, ice-creams, cold-drinks,
    movies, animes, 1000s of hours of youtube videos, i see the truth. i was
    waiting for things to somehow get easier.

    the fact is that it never gets easy or becomes convenient, no matter how
    hard you try/work or avoid it, waking up early the next day will still be
    unplesant, picking up new/big projects will always be scary, a good run
    will always leave you tired, avoiding sleep when you feel a little sleepy
    is never pelasant, avoiding tasty-unhealthy food will always hurt at that
    moment, not giving into the temptations of engaging in something "just
    today, for one last time" will always be painful, dealing with people
    will often be dissappointing, avoiding cheap entertainment will not be
    easy, not making excuses and being honest with oneself will not be
    plesant, not complaining would be suffocating at times...

    WHAT CAN YOU DO, THAT'S HOW LIFE IS... IT WILL NEVER BE EASY

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