Re: getting to the point I'm no fun anymore

On Apr 25, 10:13=A0am, Jonah Thomas <jethom...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> What happens if you do your very best and it still isn't good enough?
> Wouldn't that be *horrible*? But if you sort of halfway try with one
> hand tied behind your back, then if you lose, well, you weren't really
> trying anyway. And if you win then you showed you could win without
> really trying with one hand tied behind your back.

Going all out is risky in the first place because then failing is even
more horrible, and in the second place it takes all your energy and
who knows what sort of op****tunity might come along next while you are
too tired to go running after it. This is why skipping rope is
worthwhile. You do the 2000 skippers and then you are too spent to
even consider going all out after anything. 2 * 365 * 2000 =3D 1 460 000
skippers later and the tantric love incubuses fall into your lap.
(This came to me in a dream.)

> As a general rule, people get better results when they can keep their
> egos out of it. But that tends to be boring.

You have to do the ego destruction ritual first which is a bunch of
work and then wears off at warp speed. Until next year and the
transhuman pharmaceutical cor****ation comes up with a pill for it. And
yeah I guess it would be boring. So far all the ego destruction meds
wipeout getting results. It's tough to eye your prize when you are
laying on the couch in a chemical near death experience. (I only know
this 2nd hand; having seen people on ketamine and its relatives I have
never felt any temptation to try this myself.)

> Agreed. However, entirely apart from how you feel about your partner
> there are things you can do that make it more enjoyable for all
> concerned. If you want it to be more enjoyable for all concerned. And of
> course there are practical considerations. If you spend two hours every
> day having fun doing *** stuff, that's as much time out of your day as a
> long commute. More enjoyable, but does it fit into your long-term goals?

Depends *who* the two hours is with. You could forget about long-term
goals altogether. Do you remember what it was like to be a teenager?

B.