felt so braindead after work yesterday. went to the maker space and practiced welding and plasma cutting for an upcoming project. that immediately re-energized me. can鈥檛 imagine what a lack of physical work would do to me. how do people live on-screen and on-line all the time? is that a special ability i don鈥檛 have, maybe?
5 months ago 路 馃憤 eph
@whixr this is genius. haven鈥檛 thought about it from that angle. what a gem 馃拵 of wisdom!
makes total sense! 路 5 months ago
For me, it was just that I didn't make the connection until I reviewed my journals a few years back. Was generally a subtle enough and slow enough descent that it just wasn't obvious to me how important it was. 路 5 months ago
@whixr I like that
for me personally I need physical movement. I started back up at racquetball again once a week just to get the heart pumping. 路 5 months ago
We evolved to experience a positive reward when we take action and see a direct effect on our life or environment.
Most people's work does not directly improve their own life / environment. Only after a vast complicated economic contraption clunks and they buy a pair of socks does it ever get 'real'. The action and the return are decoupled.
However, when we make something with our hands and experience a direct improvement or intentional change to our own world, it triggers a cascade of natural reward chemicals in our bodies.
This feedback loop drives us to be clever. That's the real super power: living with your actual body, not against it. 路 5 months ago