Mise en place, the French term for having everything prepared before cooking is an underrated concept.

Sora 2. Wow!

Your belief system can be influenced by someone else without you knowing. Cognitive biases are an easy in for bad actors because CB’s are built into the human experience. Learn about the different biases and then start a regular practice of asking questions like “how did I come to know this claim I am making” or “what were the thoughts I had before taking a particular action?” This is a legitimate form of self care. These types of questions can lead to growth.

The more systematised a belief narrative is, the easier it is to adopt.

Who is the author of your personal belief system? If you belong to or identify with a group of like minded individuals then all of your beliefs are adopted and you are not your author.

Personal belief systems should be audited from time to time.

Belief systems are intellectual structures created by humans to help them understand the why behind what they are experiencing.

The belief systems people identify with are mostly adopted. They are very rarely created.

Muffins can be medicinal (mood altering). Banana blueberry. 🤗 #foodstr #baking #lovelanguage

I have been struggling for the longest time with motivation to do things that I used to absolutely love doing. I have been dealing with “big picture” life things for a few years and it’s taken its toll. One of the casualties has been a vanishing of joy with doing the creative building work I do from time to time. Today was different in some tiny ways. I found myself liking the processes I am in the middle of, the same ones I have done1000’s of times or more. Really simple things. Little things. Repetitive things. I was focused on the small moments. The finest of actions. And there was no negative energy (self critical thoughts). Maybe there is some change incoming. I’d be grateful if this was the case. I could do with a change for what I would call “better.” 🙏

In 1997 my wife and I plus our 2 preschoolers moved country. We settled on a coast that had surf from time to time. I really wanted a surfboard but we were on the bones of our asses, so I made one. Marine grade 4mm meranti plywood and western red cedar coated in epoxy and varnish. It got mistreated for a while but I have managed to catch it in the nick of time and found a good storage space. I would like to restore it one day. #woodwork #surfboard #longboard

Morning beach walk complete. Back to picking up beach glass.