This is why so many people in our society are unable to exercise self-awareness properly. They just do things by accident. For example, I recently found myself walking past a person I had never seen before and she said something that I am sure she’s still thinking about when I’m walking past her in the future. So I said hi back to her and she didn’t even seem to recognize me.
The problem is when we’re on autopilot for so long that we forget we’re on autopilot. Because when we’re not even aware of our own habits, routines, impulses, and reactions, then we no longer control them they control us.
The problem is with people who have no idea where they are in their life. A person who thinks of everything as just happening to them at random isn’t being aware of anything in their life. The person who thinks of everything as happening on autopilot is being lazy.
Not sure if I should be more worried about the lazy person, or the person who thinks of everything as happening to them at random. There really arent any specific rules about how to live your life, so it becomes hard to know if something is happening to you and how often. A person with a more active awareness of where they are in their life and what is happening to them has a much better chance of taking action to change things.
For example, I often have a moment of panic when I’m running late and my car is running out of gas. When I realize this, it sends me on a quick roundabout trip to buy groceries and check on my car. In my world, I don’t even have to stop moving to check the car as my car does it all.
It sounds as if you’re about to give up your house and move into a new home. When I say that we’re about to get back into our own home, I’m not a big fan. But when I go back to my house and look back the most important thing is that I’ve made a decision that I’ll never be able to undo. This is not an opinion, it’s a statement.
This is one of the big “what we’re doing isn’t working” moments we hear all the time. This is the moment where we see our life as a shipwreck. You’ve made a decision and youre trying to make it right, but you’re stuck in the middle of a storm.
I hate the fact that a lot of our lives are so defined by these momentous decisions we make. We can’t even really get to the point of making that decision. The only time I get to see the big picture is when I’m having the conversation with my dad about the fact that I’ll be getting a second chance at a new home. And that moment is the hardest to make happen.
I know, there’s a lot of things I’m thinking about on this one. But I’m also thinking that maybe my time is over and I don’t need to make too much of it. I’m not sure what’s the point of it all, but I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever done.
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