=>/danrl 馃懡 danrl felt so braindead after work yesterday. went to the maker space and practiced welding and plasma cutting for an upcoming project. that immediately re-energized me. can鈥檛 imagine what a lack of physical work would do to me. how do people live on-screen and on-line all the time? is that a special ability i don鈥檛 have, maybe? 1 year ago 路 馃憤 eph ### Actions =>/join 馃憢 Join Station ### 4 Replies =>/danrl 馃懡 danrl @whixr this is genius. haven鈥檛 thought about it from that angle. what a gem 馃拵 of wisdom! makes total sense! 路 1 year ago =>/lykso 馃懡 lykso For me, it was just that I didn't make the connection until I reviewed my journals a few years back. Was generally a subtle enough and slow enough descent that it just wasn't obvious to me how important it was. 路 1 year ago =>/gritty 馃懡 gritty @whixr I like that for me personally I need physical movement. I started back up at racquetball again once a week just to get the heart pumping. 路 1 year ago =>/whixr 馃懡 whixr We evolved to experience a positive reward when we take action and see a direct effect on our life or environment. Most people's work does not directly improve their own life / environment. Only after a vast complicated economic contraption clunks and they buy a pair of socks does it ever get 'real'. The action and the return are decoupled. However, when we make something with our hands and experience a direct improvement or intentional change to our own world, it triggers a cascade of natural reward chemicals in our bodies. This feedback loop drives us to be clever. That's the real super power: living with your actual body, not against it. 路 1 year ago