As an occasional antidote to forced-march
life: consider yourself as a homeostatic organism with a particular trajectory. Like a plant in a pot.
What does a plant need? Water, light, space, soil, nitrogen, pest defence, pollinators. What are the potted human equivalents? What would an environment which gave you this without striving look like? What do you need to become yourself?
(You can reshape a plant, like bonsai, but really not too much or you’ll kill it or stunt it.)
From memory:
As an occasional antidote to forced-march life: consider yourself as a homeostatic organism with a particular trajectory. Like a plant in a pot.
What does a plant need? Water, light, space, soil, nitrogen, pest defence, pollinators. What are the potted human equivalents? What would an environment which gave you this without striving look like? What do you need to become yourself?
(You can reshape a plant, like bonsai, but really not too much or you’ll kill it or stunt it.)