You remember the original Tortoises and Hares post, right? Well, I got this really insightful email about it from a virulently handsome man named Chris Espinoza, and I want to share it with you here; I’ve highlighted some of the uber amazing parts for your reading convenience: I have made a breakthrough in my thinking…
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Tortoises and Hares
by khatzumoto
Remember the fable of the tortoise and the hare? Well, that fable is bollocks. You see, they got the personalities backwards. In real life, human “tortoises” are laid-back, nonchalant, happy. Meanwhile, human “hares” are destructively disciplinarian, destructively obsessive, and destructively obsessed with quick results. What happens is that the hares self-flagellate to the point of…
Social Resistance
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 1 of 10 in the series Social ResistanceWhen a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid…
When You Just Don’t Feel Like Doing Sentence Reps Any More…
by khatzumoto
In response to this article on binging and purging, I got this really cool comment from Maya, one of AJATT’s best link-suppliers: Just out of curiosity, does anyone have any examples of when they started to fall behind in something and they eventually caught up by making it more fun/changing their style? I’m not doubting…
Beyond Binging and Purging: Why You Maybe Sometimes Shouldn’t Try Overcorrecting When You Screw Up
by khatzumoto
Whatever your goals this year, you will fall off the horse at some point. Probably. Perhaps you already have. If and when you do fall off, get back on it like nothing happened. Redraw. New point. Because the temptation will be to purge the binge or binge the purge. But the binge-purge cycle is as…
Potheads, Planners and Players
by khatzumoto
It’s New Year’s. So freaking what? It’s just another day. We all need to calm down a little. Even me telling you to calm down is probably just fueling the excitement, isn’t it? Are you going to make a resolution? Good luck with that. I doubt you’ll even remember it by early March. Screw resolutions.…