tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post1036572784737414991..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Life Hack 4: Things you don't have to care aboutJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-14897849788074631682017-01-01T16:29:14.624-06:002017-01-01T16:29:14.624-06:00...and: dealing with fear/precarity is my #1 activ......and: dealing with fear/precarity is my #1 activity on that weird tier between the bad tier (3) and the maintenance one (2). Sometimes it is straight-up destructive and sometimes it is necessary. Figuring out the difference takes a lot of work.<br /><br />Hm.Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-51357067972400734852016-12-31T16:35:12.929-06:002016-12-31T16:35:12.929-06:00P.S. Life hack 4 is very challenging, it is intere...P.S. Life hack 4 is very challenging, it is interesting. Perhaps I should make it my 2017 project. What do my responses above mean?<br /><br />That I live in an unsafe environment and don't have the skills to handle it -- I neither conform nor overcome, which are the two viable paths, I am stuck in the middle and keep trying to conform so as to overcome, but really should be yet more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-54128029442483763052016-12-31T16:14:39.861-06:002016-12-31T16:14:39.861-06:00My political blind spot is wanting to put all the ...My political blind spot is wanting to put all the contingents on the tenure track. They hate this idea: do not want the perceived challenge of the tenure track, think they would not be selected for it / would be on the street, or do not want to move the way you often do to get on the tenure track. This is of course not what I mean: I mean, just transform them all to tenure track, even in situ. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-15066798666567170912016-12-30T11:48:46.462-06:002016-12-30T11:48:46.462-06:00Yes. You should care about a student evaluation i...Yes. You should care about a student evaluation if it is a legitimate point and something you can correct. But the caring would consist of changing something concretely. Should you care about a political blind spot? I suppose you could, but only if changing would make the world a better place in a concrete way. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-27925142631813732242016-12-30T11:23:54.122-06:002016-12-30T11:23:54.122-06:00More hm.
So this means, I should stop focusing th...More hm.<br /><br />So this means, I should stop focusing the way I do on my fear of people, even if the said fear is justified.<br /><br />But what does it mean about negative comments from people you really don't know, but should probably listen to because you have power over them, like students, constituents, etc.?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-18824468020439773662016-12-30T11:21:05.438-06:002016-12-30T11:21:05.438-06:001/ So, hm: things I care about but should not are,...1/ So, hm: things I care about but should not are, then, involve my fear of people. Even the fear is justified, the way I focus on it is not helpful.<br /><br /><br />2/ "When should you care about what other people say to you about yourself? I think it would have to be someone who cares about you personally and has your best interest at heart, and is expressing it in a way that conveys thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-67067550904674558822016-12-30T10:51:28.727-06:002016-12-30T10:51:28.727-06:00I will see if I can apply this.
Things one cares ...I will see if I can apply this.<br /><br />Things one cares about and doesn't, yes.<br /><br />Things one doesn't care about but knows one had damned better care about is a category I struggle with. I have trouble getting myself to care about how I am perceived, but I know it is very important and that I must learn to care about it more.<br /><br />Things I care about and should not are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com