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Photo by [Pablo Heimplatz](https://unsplash.com/photos/an3qaxZ-2bY?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/search/photos/new?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText)I had a heart
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Its seems to me that bikers share more than just fun, speed and recklessness.
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Its seems to me that bikers share more than just fun, speed and recklessness.
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That is to say, to ride a motorcycle is one thing, to *be a biker *is quite another.
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That is to say, to ride a motorcycle is one thing, to *be a biker *is quite another.
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#### Days lost to the fire
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#### Days lost to the fire
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Where am I? What day is it? *Why* is it?
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Where am I? What day is it? *Why* is it?
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Multitasking is overrated.
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Multitasking is overrated.
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> “The word priority… was singular…the very first or prior thing…. Only in the 1900s did we pluralize the term… Illogically, we reasoned that by changing the word we could bend reality. Somehow we would now be able to have multiple “first” things.” — McKeown, Essentialism
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Either: do several things simultaneously to an average standard, or do a single thing with excellence.
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> “The word priority… was singular…the very first or prior thing…. Only in the 1900s did we pluralize the term… Illogically, we reasoned that by changing the word we could bend reality. Somehow we would now be able to have multiple “first” things.” — McKeown, EssentialismEither: do several things simultaneously to an average standard, or do a single thing with excellence.
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I’d choose excellence every time.[^1]
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I’d choose excellence every time. [1]
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The thing is — that choice **is** yours to make.
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The thing is — that choice **is** yours to make.
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Stop pretending to yourself that you can focus on multiple things. Focus on one thing, and throw yourself into it. To do otherwise is doing yourself and your creativity a disservice.
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Stop pretending to yourself that you can focus on multiple things. Focus on one thing, and throw yourself into it. To do otherwise is doing yourself and your creativity a disservice.
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In doing so, you will improve your access to the mysterious, magical flow. Lots is written about ‘flow state’. I won’t claim to understand how to achieve flow, or even what it is and how it works. Because **I don’t know.[2]**
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In doing so, you will improve your access to the mysterious, magical flow. Lots is written about ‘flow state’. I won’t claim to understand how to achieve flow, or even what it is and how it works. Because **I don’t know.[^2]**
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I may not understand it, but I have been *in flow*. Duly, I *do *know* *how* not to* achieve flow. And that’s multitasking. Flow necessitates unwavering focus. Alongside a hefty splash of passion and a bunch of other things I don’t quite understand. But mostly laser focus.
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I may not understand it, but I have been *in flow*. Duly, I *do *know* *how* not to* achieve flow. And that’s multitasking. Flow necessitates unwavering focus. Alongside a hefty splash of passion and a bunch of other things I don’t quite understand. But mostly laser focus.
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Sure, you can produce average work though multitasking, and good work through plain old focus.
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But in my experience the best work is produced in flow state.[3] Some might call it inspiration from their Muse. As far as I’m concerned, it’s damn near magic.
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But in my experience the best work is produced in flow state.[^3] Some might call it inspiration from their Muse. As far as I’m concerned, it’s damn near magic.
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> Illogically, we reasoned that by changing the word we could bend reality.
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> Illogically, we reasoned that by changing the word we could bend reality.Eliminate distraction. Eliminate things that are ‘good enough’. Find focus and you will find the magic of flow.
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Eliminate distraction. Eliminate things that are ‘good enough’. Find focus and you will find the magic of flow.
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Eliminate that which doesn’t light you on fire and you will never burn out.
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Eliminate that which doesn’t light you on fire and you will never burn out.
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[1] In practice it never quite works out that way, but I do always aim for focus.
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[^1]: In practice it never quite works out that way, but I do always aim for focus.
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[2] Not something I admit to readily, but to pretend otherwise would be dishonest.
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[^2]: Not something I admit to readily, but to pretend otherwise would be dishonest.
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[3] ‘Rivers flow, writing doesn’t’ was drilled into me during English. Maybe you heard it too. In any case, maybe writing doesn’t ‘flow’. But *writers do*.
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[^3]: ‘Rivers flow, writing doesn’t’ was drilled into me during English. Maybe you heard it too. In any case, maybe writing doesn’t ‘flow’. But *writers do*.
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Photo by [Hermes Rivera](https://unsplash.com/photos/OX_en7CXMj4?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText)Nobody is normal.
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Nobody is normal.
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At its heart the idea of normal is a farcical concept, but a thousand times more so when applied to people. Everyone is different, there is no ‘average person’.
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At its heart the idea of normal is a farcical concept, but a thousand times more so when applied to people. Everyone is different, there is no ‘average person’.
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Even if one takes normal to mean ‘mentally stable’ it remains ridiculous. Nobody is 100% stable 100% of the time. In fact, it appears that people in general are less and less stable, more and more often (or maybe its just finally getting talked about more). Myself included.
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Even if one takes normal to mean ‘mentally stable’ it remains ridiculous. Nobody is 100% stable 100% of the time. In fact, it appears that people in general are less and less stable, more and more often (or maybe its just finally getting talked about more). Myself included.
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Either way, being 100% of anything — if that is normal — sounds a lot like perfection. And,
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Either way, being 100% of anything — if that is normal — sounds a lot like perfection. And...
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**Perfection. Is. Boring.**
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**Perfection. Is. Boring.**
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That’s life. That’s ***living***.
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That’s life. That’s ***living***.
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Stay *away from *perfect*. *It’s a (flawless) trap.
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Stay *away* from *perfect*. It’s a (flawless) trap.
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I had a heart
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> “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies…The man who never reads lives only one.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
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Why settle for just one life. Why settle for just one world. When you can live lives, explore worlds that you might not otherwise ever have imagined.
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> “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies…The man who never reads lives only one.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with DragonsWhy settle for just one life. Why settle for just one world. When you can live lives, explore worlds that you might not otherwise ever have imagined.
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If I can make just one person pick up a book who might not otherwise have done so, then all this writing — all this *Scribbling — *was not for naught. Maybe I won’t. It certainly seems unlikely on Medium, where it seems everyone is a reader, if not often a writer too.
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If I can make just one person pick up a book who might not otherwise have done so, then all this writing — all this *Scribbling — *was not for naught. Maybe I won’t. It certainly seems unlikely on Medium, where it seems everyone is a reader, if not often a writer too.
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And that’s burning your own path. Not just in life material — for that is truly wonderful in its freedom.
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And that’s burning your own path. Not just in life material — for that is truly wonderful in its freedom.
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To forge your own world among the multitude. Craft characters, spin stories. Perhaps…probably…it isn’t for everyone[1].
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To forge your own world among the multitude. Craft characters, spin stories. Perhaps…probably…it isn’t for everyone[^1].
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But to me, it is nothing short of awesome. Writing my story — my own story — both in life and in ink.
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But to me, it is nothing short of awesome. Writing my story — my own story — both in life and in ink.
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[1] Reading however, surely must be. Anyone who ‘doesn’t like to read’ must not have found the right story, the right format. Or maybe that’s just me blinded by bias.
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[^1]: Reading however, surely must be. Anyone who ‘doesn’t like to read’ must not have found the right story, the right format. Or maybe that’s just me blinded by bias.
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#### Semifictional pain
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#### Semifictional pain
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He warned her. Warned her that he was dangerous. She laughed it off. How could someone so perfect be dangerous? She didn’t realise her foolishness. *Of course.*
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Ignored the rumbling of her gut. Her gut knew the bitter truth in his words. Chewed on that kernel, shouted a warning. Kept shouting, but was overruled. She was blinkered by lust. *Of course.*
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Ignored the rumbling of her gut. Her gut knew the bitter truth in his words. Chewed on that kernel, shouted a warning. Kept shouting, but was overruled. She was blinkered by lust. *Of course.*
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[Credit: https://medium.com/@shneider2010](https://medium.com/@shneider2010)Snow reduces even as its drifts piles up. It shaves everything down to* white*…and **black:**
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Snow reduces even as its drifts piles up. It shaves everything down to *white*…and **black:**
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#### Wanderings of a currently diffuse consciousness
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To paraphrase [Where Angels Fear](https://medium.com/u/6c8bcd0d1a65)[^1]\: ‘I don’t get the hype over multitasking - you mean there are people who *don’t* think about ten things at once?’
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My mind is exactly the same. I never stop thinking. About everything and nothing and all in between. And sometimes it feels like I’m thinking about it all at once.
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My mind is exactly the same. I never stop thinking. About everything and nothing and all in between. And sometimes it feels like I’m thinking about it all at once.
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The way I think is naturally reflected in life. I am, by nature, a jack of all trades and master of none. A butterfly, always seeking new things. Sometimes even returning to them.
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The way I think is naturally reflected in life. I am, by nature, a jack of all trades and master of none. A butterfly, always seeking new things. Sometimes even returning to them.
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And so like many things in my life — and in Life at large — it is a blessing and a curse.[4] Beside my butterfly nature, getting my brain to shut down is always a fight.
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And so like many things in my life — and in Life at large — it is a blessing and a curse.[^4]\: Beside my butterfly nature, getting my brain to shut down is always a fight.
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Sometimes a fight I lose. Occasionally bordering on often I get hit with an idea that has to get out or it will dissolve. Like this article.
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Sometimes a fight I lose. Occasionally bordering on often I get hit with an idea that has to get out or it will dissolve. Like this article.
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It by nature encourages you to become dependent on that someone who is more than someone. Both mind and heart. Splits you wide. Vulnerable.
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It by nature encourages you to become dependent on that someone who is more than someone. Both mind and heart. Splits you wide. Vulnerable.
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On that note, I am interested as to if WAF had the same or similar experience with *Her*. Or maybe it is just me…
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[1] I commit paraphrasing only since he is so productive[2] that I can’t for the life of me find where he mentioned it…
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[^1]: I commit paraphrasing only since he is so productive[^2] that I can’t for the life of me find where he mentioned it…
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[4] A blessing and a curse is a double edged sword, and a great deal of swords are indeed double edged…I find that poetic though it may just be me being too clever by half
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I have a bit of a reputation for near instant replies. It’s another of the double edged swords that besides Perfectly Awful Timing provides the cornerstone to my ‘brand’ for want of a better word.
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I have a bit of a reputation for near instant replies. It’s another of the double edged swords that besides Perfectly Awful Timing provides the cornerstone to my ‘brand’ for want of a better word.
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Fast replies demonstrate ‘I have nothing better to do’. And that can certainly be a good or a bad thing…
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Fast replies demonstrate ‘I have nothing better to do’. And that can certainly be a good or a bad thing…
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I love Rock’n’Roll. I love its its younger darker sibling Heavy Metal. I am something of a closeted metalhead. No longer!
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> It ain’t real music without guitar — Hey Ho, HinderFrom a ‘pure music’ standpoint, I love the guitar riffs and frantic drumlines. I have a particular soft spot for female vocalists (Halestorm, In This Moment) for the contrast they provide to the heavy instrumental.
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> Shove your kiss straight through my chest — In This MomentFrom an entertainment perspective there’s nothing more wild than a metal concert. The energy of everyone involved is off the charts. The gratuitous pyrotechnics are just the icing on the cake.
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> Shove your kiss straight through my chest — In This Moment
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But it’s not about the actual *music*. Music never is, is it?
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It’s about the meaning behind the sound. The lyrics most obviously, but also the ‘shape of the song’.[1] Rock speaks to my soul.
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It’s about the meaning behind the sound. The lyrics most obviously, but also the ‘shape of the song’.[1] Rock speaks to my soul.
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> Life’s too short to run it like a race. So it’s never gonna matter if you win first place — special, Shinedown
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> Life’s too short to run it like a race. So it’s never gonna matter if you win first place — special, ShinedownI find aggressive music weirdly uplifting. Dark songs can lift me into a good mood and keep me there. It doesn’t make sense, but *neither do I*.
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I find aggressive music weirdly uplifting. Dark songs can lift me into a good mood and keep me there. It doesn’t make sense, but *neither do I*.
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> We won’t surrender
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> Till we get what we’re lookin’ for — Daughters of Darkness, HalestormAnyway. Let me loop back to the concert point for a minute.
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> Till we get what we’re lookin’ for — Daughters of Darkness, Halestorm
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Metalheads are *nice people*.
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Metalheads are *nice people*.
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Seas of raised horns are evidence enough for that.
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Seas of raised horns are evidence enough for that.
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Rock sees no race, no religion, no colour, no creed. Just humans**.**
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Rock sees no race, no religion, no colour, no creed. Just humans.
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Humans *rockin’ out*. I don’t know about you, but I think this world could use a bit[4] more humanity. If that happens to come wrapped in epic shredding? All the bloody *better*!
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Humans *rockin’ out*. I don’t know about you, but I think this world could use a bit[4] more humanity. If that happens to come wrapped in epic shredding? All the bloody *better*!
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[1] Look, I don’t know. It makes sense in my head, okay :c
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[1] Look, I don’t know. It makes sense in my head, okay :c
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[2] us
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