It was a hell of a year… I was sitting in my room today and thinking about some of the new friends I’ve made recently. I’ve learned that most of them have their shit together, but in their own minds they don’t seem to think so. Some struggle with severe anxiety, ignorance to their situations, and a few lack drive. I’m always interested to hear how they perceive the world.
The latest podcast that I listened to was by Tim Ferriss with Walter Isaacson. The episode is called,
“Lessons from Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, and Ben Franklin”
The episode was very eye opening, especially hearing about Leonardo da Vinci’s curiosity, dealing with his own angels and demons, and his overall outlook on life. It made me feel more comfortable being lost. The word “lost” might not even be the appropriate word anymore, I’m just insatiably curious about a wide range of things and then one thing leads to another. Ferriss and Isaacson also discussed the theme between all of these high level intellects, and that is they had great teams around them. I began to think, who can I surround myself with?
The other topic on my mind lately has been meditation. I’ve begun making it a habit to meditate on the bus into work every morning. Ferriss talks about this quite a lot on his podcast. I truly believe I’m becoming more aware of how much my mind wonders and how unpresent I am when I’m interacting with loved ones, my coworkers, my friends… There’s only room for improvement.
I’d like to start a weekly, or monthly reflection post. I’ll have to figure out how to join many things into one though.