Barlow's Principles of Adult Behaviour
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#2I'm curious what it means to give up blood sports
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#3I'm curious what it means to give up blood sports
It's from 1977, so probably dinosaur hunting
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#4It's a good list. As I grow older, I find myself adopting similar standards for myself that would have seemed strange to a younger version of myself.
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#5I'm curious what it means to give up blood sports
Taken literally - any sport where the goal is to injure the other. I believe the context here is mostly metaphorical - ie: don't engage in activities whose goal is to injure (physically or otherwise) another.
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#6I'm curious what it means to give up blood sports
Historically that would have been animal fighting or hunting. It’s a euphemism for death rather than injury. Today some people interpret it more literally and include any sport where injury is expected. Which is to say, pugilism.
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#7I'd love to go through similar lists this site's users have made or found, which they swear by and which they would highly recommend to their younger selves.
Here is something I have started (WIP):
You move from rigid linearity (that the world projects) to fluid experimentation.
1. From your reptilian instinct (Response 1, i.e. fear and other emotional reactions) against change and situations, move to awareness and excitement (Response 2, witness and deliberate action). Free yourself from the need to control the outcome, focus on the play. Be curious and imaginative!
2. Fixed ladders wrong, Growth loops right. There are no fixed objectives and no set paths. Everything is in the present, and all goals are mutable. Live and grow with active observation, don't try to be a cautious zombie. It is not in your nature.
3. Focus on outcomes wrong, Focus on processes right. Progress is incremental experimentation. Directions get revealed and success unfolds as we move. Don't try to be perfect (you don't even know what that is) at any stage. Just do.Re: Barlow's Principles of Adult Behaviour
#8In Canada we keep it simple. You have to reach 18 years of age and then all your behaviour is adult behaviour from that point forward. There's nothing else to it.
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#9> 15. Avoid the pursuit of happiness. Seek to define your mission
and pursue that
Well put. Happiness is a byproduct not a goal. Lack of happiness can be a signal to change things up.
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#10It's a good list. As I grow older, I find myself adopting similar standards for myself that would have seemed strange to a younger version of myself.
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