The Barrow

Today I'm meditating on my personal code of ethics, revisions thereof, and acting with intention.

Acting with intention is perhaps the most powerful tool I know of in personal improvement. Simply not letting yourself get caught up in the current and seizing your own decisive capacity and time is immensely powerful. I am not always able to do this, but I have improved massively with regards to my executive function.

As for my code of ethics, while many of my axia have not changed, I'm re-thinking some of my definitions. For example, I'm re-thinking concepts like “doesn't hurt anyone.” If I'm wasting time I could instead be spending on something more useful, am I not hurting myself and those around me? Perhaps there are too many variables to truly calculate this. Maybe that leads to a place where I never let myself rest or do anything fun. Maybe the answer is simply to temper this with the aforementioned commitment to acting with intention.

The answers are seldom easily reached.