4kw Chapter 3
Continuing this series of my notes and thoughts about the book. This isn't meant to be a comprehensive summary of the material of the book. Honestly, in looking over all the notes that I've collected, each one of these paragraphs could be expanded into a full blog post of my own extended thoughts and questions and reflections about just that one idea.
Notes
Heidigger book "Being and Time" sounds like it could be interesting. I am, however, pretty allergic to the fact that he was an actual Nazi. WTF am I supposed to do with that?
"To be..." is for humans an unfinished, or unresolved, sentence. e.g. Hamlet.
To be temporarily. The temporary-ness is inseparable from the being-ness.
"I can't entirely depend on a single moment of the future."
Whatever I am doing today is only one of a handful of times that I will get to do it. And of these, this time is unique too. Does it make everything just too precious?
Being, in an absolute temporary way, really grants you the opportunity to focus on living. If you can keep that in mind. Being and temporary are contrasting opposites?
On the left is zero being, never having been born at all. On the right is existence (effectively/practically) of all time- the permanent atoms bearing witness to eternity.
When annoyed by some inconvenience, remind yourself of the alternative that is not experiencing anything at all.
Ask yourself "which activity do I want to [spend] this moment on?" This moment, and this activity, is an opportunity. Even if it's something that you may have considered an annoyance. I do not like the word choice of "spend" here.
Consider also JOMO = joy of missing out.
Deliberate selection of activity gives it meaning. Remember that you can say "I choose this." I don't think that means you always get to choose that activity of every moment. But you can choose how your mind approaches it.