Emotional Energy, Reflection, and Archiving#
date: September 28, 2022
slug: 6
status: Published
tags: Weekly Report
type: Post
Emotional Energy, Reflection, and Archiving#
2022-09-28 3 min read # Weekly Report
1. What is Emotional Control#
Energy management coach Zhu Guang used a flashlight as an analogy: there is a flashlight (focus) in our brain, wherever the flashlight shines, it consumes our energy (attention resources, willpower resources, emotional resources, etc.). When we need to restore energy, we need to redirect the flashlight elsewhere, only then can the energy consumption be restored.
Why did I always emphasize controlling my emotions in high school? Because at that time, my main task was to prepare for the college entrance examination, and most of my "energy" was devoted to preparing for it. Excessive negative or other emotions would deepen my emotional consumption, making it difficult for me to focus on the task at hand.
James Clear mentioned, "Developing a good habit, the important question is not asking yourself: what can I do when I'm in a good state." The real question should be: "Even on the worst days, what can I do to persevere?"
It is impossible for us to always maintain positive, high emotions. Emotional management for me is not just about lengthening and strengthening positive emotions, but also about being able to effectively self-regulate and soothe when negative emotions strike.
2. Interesting Project#
The drawing effect of this project ranks high among AI drawing projects, and the Corgi drawn is particularly cute.
3. Reflection and Summary: Project Archiving#
A friend told me that she has been busy with work and study every day recently, and has no time for me to reflect and immerse myself in reading.
Why do we need to "reflect" and "read"?
The former is to find experience from our own past, and the latter is to find experience from the past of others.
But do we really not have time?
In "Maybe You Should Talk to Someone," there is a passage describing a common state of modern people:
I find that as soon as people feel lonely, they pick up a device to escape this feeling. This usually happens in the gaps between two things, such as at the end of a therapy session, waiting for a red light, waiting to pay at the checkout, or riding an elevator. People are in a state of constant disturbance, seemingly losing the ability to interact with others, as well as losing the ability to interact with themselves.
In addition to our desire for instant gratification brought by modern internet and social media, electronic screens not only fill the gaps of boredom but also deprive us of the opportunity to truly have a dialogue with ourselves. We open electronic devices, filled with screens showing other people's lives and worlds, all the information is teaching us how to live, how to live elegantly and gracefully, but there is no space for us to have a dialogue with ourselves, to face ourselves.
Oh, I'm not feeling too good this week, so I'll post this first, and I'll continue next week.