Having no Regrets
"It gets easier every day to project a future without regret; to be the best, most optimal people we can be today, so that we can look back without ambivalence. Life is not mysterious, it 's mathematics. All we have to do is track our productivity, our spending, our steps, our calorie intake. All we have to do is count our friends and likes and follows. The illusion of control that these tools grant us over every aspect of our lives is powerful. There is always something we can do today to avoid regret tomorrow. To admit regret is to admit to a previous failure of self-control." Carina Chocano, Aeon Magazine
Wow! What a quote! Let us tear it apart.
As the quote teaches, life is not mysterious and it is simply mathematics. For most part, I would agree with Carina. I do belief that if we can account for all of the inputs and understand the system, then we can predict most future events.
Carina's guidance is to have systems that we use to track our lives. These could be paper or electronic. You will definitely have information. BUT as Carina says, it is an illusion of control. There is a bit of unpredictability that we will never be able to account for.
However, if we track our lives then we will have less regrets tomorrow. This makes sense to me. The failure to plan, track, execute will lead to regrets mostly because we did not exercise "self-control."
Today's question is:
"Do the things you regret about your life stem from lack of self-control?"
"It gets easier every day to project a future without regret; to be the best, most optimal people we can be today, so that we can look back without ambivalence. Life is not mysterious, it 's mathematics. All we have to do is track our productivity, our spending, our steps, our calorie intake. All we have to do is count our friends and likes and follows. The illusion of control that these tools grant us over every aspect of our lives is powerful. There is always something we can do today to avoid regret tomorrow. To admit regret is to admit to a previous failure of self-control." Carina Chocano, Aeon Magazine
Wow! What a quote! Let us tear it apart.
As the quote teaches, life is not mysterious and it is simply mathematics. For most part, I would agree with Carina. I do belief that if we can account for all of the inputs and understand the system, then we can predict most future events.
Carina's guidance is to have systems that we use to track our lives. These could be paper or electronic. You will definitely have information. BUT as Carina says, it is an illusion of control. There is a bit of unpredictability that we will never be able to account for.
However, if we track our lives then we will have less regrets tomorrow. This makes sense to me. The failure to plan, track, execute will lead to regrets mostly because we did not exercise "self-control."
Today's question is:
"Do the things you regret about your life stem from lack of self-control?"
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