Restlessness

Sunday, October 12, 2003

I’ve been considerably restless for several days now, but I can’t make out what I’m so restless about. It’s as if an avalanche of spaghetti thoughts has clogged the pipe. Bits and pieces are falling out, too badly fragmented to be put back together again. Longer, more interesting bits appear to be stuck inside, all of them trying to get out simultaneously, none of them making it through.

The pipe has only so much width. The pipe is not friction free. And no one’s around to help calm the rush and pull them out one at a time, still in coherent form.

I can’t tell what is bothering me, but I do know that this is neither burnout nor information overload. I’ve been both places before and this is very different. I like my work. I spend up to five hours every day reading books or news feeds. My RSS aggregator has 45 feeds that I have no trouble keeping up with. This isn’t burnout or information overload.

I’ve considered spending a week meditating at some remote beach, but the isolation may only cause more damage. And then I’ve considered packing a bag and hitting the road without an itinerary, recording experiences in as much detail as possible, in prose and visuals. The idea appeals. Maybe soon.

ashwinne — Oct 13, 2003 3:16:18 AM — # ↩

Take a break. Serious.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda — Oct 14, 2003 1:15:49 AM — # ↩
  
  Take a break from what?
  - ashwinne — Oct 14, 2003 3:49:08 AM — # ↩
    
    Take a break from your regular routines and do one of those things you are proposing. Might help.
    - Kiran Jonnalagadda — Oct 14, 2003 5:17:07 AM — # ↩
      
      No regular routine of mine has ever lasted more than a few months. There's nothing I can call a regular routine now.
rgiri — Oct 13, 2003 3:41:47 AM — # ↩

You need this!
You need to unplug and grub this :
http://bookstore.mysleepcenter.com/n_0062515675.htm
mannu — Oct 13, 2003 7:17:29 AM — # ↩

And no one’s around to help calm the rush and pull them out one at a time

You need someone.

?
skjaidev — Oct 13, 2003 8:21:39 AM — # ↩

And then I’ve considered packing a bag and hitting the road without an itinerary, recording experiences in as much detail as possible, in prose and visuals. The idea appeals.

This is something I contemplate when I'm down. Never got to do it yet. Maybe soon!
frozenaftermath — Oct 13, 2003 4:53:35 PM — # ↩

I was going to put in my two smart bits, then I realised I had no clue of what is going on.

So.

All the best.
prakashadvani — Oct 14, 2003 2:51:08 PM — # ↩

Vipassana
Jace, I strongly recommend you to try out Vipassana Mediation. It will really help trust me. Let me know if you need any help/advice.
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thaths — Oct 15, 2003 2:18:14 AM — # ↩

Take off
My RSS aggregator has 45 feeds that I have no trouble keeping up with.

Which one do you use? I ask because I have begun development on Habari Xenu that I mentioned in my journal.

I’ve considered packing a bag and hitting the road without an itinerary, recording experiences in as much detail as possible, in prose and visuals

Having done such traveling a few times in my life I can assure you that it is wonderful. It gives perspective for whatever it is we are going through life.

Thaths
- Kiran Jonnalagadda — Oct 15, 2003 4:41:32 AM — # ↩
  
  Re: Take off
  I use NetNewsWire. If you are building a desktop client, make sure to implement the combined two-pane view instead of the mail-client-like three-pane view. Outlook also has this two-pane view where it displays the header immediately followed by a preview, then the next header, and so on.
  
  Re: the road trip, I'm considering travelling out of India. My current financial situation will limit me to places of equivalent or lower purchasing power parity, but I really want to be travelling around northern and western Europe.