Thanks Steve! I do agree that as far as I can tell what ever I was doing before was basicaly a constant solve the imediate issue thing. I hope your right in that maybe now I'm wanting to move at more steady pace, and also get a much more long term thing going. Oh like I'm in a walking group. I've only shown up once, so maybie give another go? *shrug* your possibly also right that their is a sense of urgency mixed with: well I'm as was said in the hobbit: 'Well prserved' so that might be contributing to: ok ok If I'm going to oh as a concrete example: ok ok if I want to at least try a more coloful clothing and have fun with that then I real should do so a little faster then not, I am a little imaptaint for health because I sort of feel it's silly to let health concerns drag out for to long.
Thanks for the advice I genuinely appreciate it! On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 1:06 PM, Steven A Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Gil - > > FWIW, I can sense that you might be on the edge of your own "symmetry > break"... that you are struggling hard to break some patterns which have > (apparently) worked well enough for you for some time, but which seem not > to (current psych doc, current GP, daily activities, exercise habits, etc.) > any longer. > > This might naturally have you thinking/acting on much shorter time scales > (being impatient for change) than normal ... I also offer you the general > advice to not make more than one fundamental life change at a time. > Certainly acquiring a new gym partner, finding new outlets/venues for your > newly found love of dance are not overly extreme, but probably will take > some time to effect and settle in. > > - Steve > > On 7/11/18 10:09 AM, Gillian Densmore wrote: > > lol well said Gary, on my end anyway I get SOME traffic, I don't know when > exactly it started to really dry out on my end anyway. Possibly 3-4 weeks > ago was when I really noticed. > I know on my my end to get any ones opinions or advice on or even just to > say a friendly hello, it seems like I need to do so many times--That comes > off as rude. I want to be wrong in that case and I want it to be a > technical problem. It'd really suck if it's because people are leaving > what used to be a pretty vibrant list. > As a concrete example I've seen nick thompson need to ask a few times just > for advice on firefox. > Yesterday and today because I really want to pick up the pace on making > friends, and finding stuff I'd enjoy doing and even getting a new set of > resume and job helpers. > I don't expect instant response lol but even a simple: Oh I'm sorry Gil I > (or we)simply don't know! or friendly ribbing goes a long away to kind of > assure people oh, it's not actually dead quite yet- > lol but you might be right that it's turning into that infamous Norwegian > blue lol > > Preffering as I said in another email to be a open book or just open about > questions, curiosities or what ever just ask. > > That leads to the awkward question then: If people are leaving and or it's > a technical problem, Anyone know how do-able it is to give either the > current list a fresh coat of paint or somehow smoothly transition into a > general fun witty bantery type of list. As I have no clue how email lists > get set up and going "just" may simply a petty heafty task ^_^ > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 9:44 AM, Gary Schiltz <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> (Resisting the temptation of repeating the "dead parrot" skit from Monty >> Python) >> >> I've gotten a lot of FRIAM postings from Nick, Frank, Marcus, and Glen >> lately about philosophy regarding belief and doubt, so it doesn't appear to >> be dead. However, it doesn't seem to be getting officially archived any >> more, which is a shame. I believe Glen said that he keeps all emails, so he >> probably could be tapped to supply the missing posts should anyone decide >> to resurrect the archive by combining the old archive (from >> web.archive.org) with Glen's posts. So far, nobody has stepped up. >> >> On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 10:03 AM, Gillian Densmore < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Simple question: >>> Is the FRIAM list now basically dead? It seems like the previus witty >>> banter is now MIA, hardly anyone posts or reads it anymore, Edd and >>> possibly others complain it's not (THING HERE). >>> >>> So is this list now dead and or MIA? >>> >>> Does that mean someone needs to start a new one? >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >>> >>> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >> >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > >
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