Thanks for the interesting peak into your brain. I have a couple thoughts to share on how my own approaches relate.
The first is related to watching plenty of sci-fi apocalyptic future movies. While it’s exciting to see the hero’s adventures, I’d like to think that I’d be one of the scrappy people trying to hold some semblance of civilization together. Or the survivor trying to barter and trade with folks instead of fighting over stuff. In general, even in the face of doom, just trying to help minimize suffering unto the end. So the ‘death with dignity’ ethos fits in with this view.
A second relates to the idea of seeing yourself getting out of bed in the morning. When I’ve had a lot on my plate to the point of seeming stressful, it helps to visualize the future state where I’ve gotten the work done and am looking back. Then just imagining inside my brain sodium ions moving around, electrons dropping energy states, proteins changing shapes, etc, as the problem gets resolved. Visualizing the low-level activity in my brain helps me shift focus from the stress and actually move ahead solving the problem.
Thanks for the interesting peak into your brain. I have a couple thoughts to share on how my own approaches relate.
The first is related to watching plenty of sci-fi apocalyptic future movies. While it’s exciting to see the hero’s adventures, I’d like to think that I’d be one of the scrappy people trying to hold some semblance of civilization together. Or the survivor trying to barter and trade with folks instead of fighting over stuff. In general, even in the face of doom, just trying to help minimize suffering unto the end. So the ‘death with dignity’ ethos fits in with this view.
A second relates to the idea of seeing yourself getting out of bed in the morning. When I’ve had a lot on my plate to the point of seeming stressful, it helps to visualize the future state where I’ve gotten the work done and am looking back. Then just imagining inside my brain sodium ions moving around, electrons dropping energy states, proteins changing shapes, etc, as the problem gets resolved. Visualizing the low-level activity in my brain helps me shift focus from the stress and actually move ahead solving the problem.