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Originally Posted by Halx
This is from that "documentary" that that one cult put out. Someone linked a clip about it a while ago.
Funny stuff. Kind of amusing to see someone taking it seriously.
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The "documentary" I think you are refering to is based upon Law of Attraction.
My post is based upon Law of Attraction, but the structure of my time management, which is the basis of this thread, is not refered to in the "documentary." It was briefly mentioned by a speaker on Larry King. The term "Pareto Principal" did not even come out of his mouth. I just associated it to a thread he was talking about.
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Originally Posted by guccilvr
so umm, if you're planning each day out.. wouldn't every day be a focus day? I mean you are focused on having fun one day, buffering one day, and focusing another day.
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I think that "focus" day is focusing on the goals that I want to accomplish and how to methodically, using common sense, achieve them.
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Originally Posted by ratbastid
I'm pretty clear on what you think you know about Pareto Distributions, and I have studied it, and I'm telling you, you're misapplying it, and you're doing so in a very common way. It's not intended to be used to force out that 80%. It's a commentary on the uselessness of most actions.
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You do understand more about Pareto Distributions than I do.
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Originally Posted by ratbastid
If you're empowered by applying this structure to your life, then--as I said above--more power to you. I'm interested to see how it works for you. Might be great.
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I genuinely thank you for your support.
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Originally Posted by ratbastid
(Well, and that and the idea of factoring the Pareto Distribution to cut your focus time down to 3 or 4 days a year seems to me like a bad idea).
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Ya I am a little unsure of it myself, but once I get some focus days under my belt I can more easily see the validity in this. Theoretically I think it may work.
Like one day per season, maybe another mid season if needed. I dunno.
For now it is 20% on a weekly time frame so that QC is easier obtained.
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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Do you not like focus? Are you trying to avoid it, and have lots of fun instead? Because you've got "work" in your buffer time... So what sorts of things will you use focus time for?
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I do like focus. A little too much infact. Sometimes my mind will just wander off and I will do some hardcore philosiphizing, but in reality, I do not get anything done and have nothing to show for it except when I write it down. By allocating days of focus, my focus will be much more intense also because I have saved it up and conditioned myself to focus my focus so to say.
I was thinking during my other focus day about Yoga. I missed the class time that day but I may have to hit it up soon.
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Originally Posted by ratbastid
By the way... how old are you? What do you do for a living?
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I am Twenty Three Years old. Currently I am a student and just quit my job so I do not have a career. Ya I know I shoulda gotten laid off or ateast put in a two weeks, but my management really did not respect me. However, just be cause I have not job does not lessen my credibility.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
life doesn't happen in little bundles of pigeonholed moments, maybe in the movies, sitcoms, TV, books, and other media, but people are born, die, get ill, have excitement, have boredom, all based on being.
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When I apply my way of thinking, which is something that neither you or anybody else, ANYBODY else, can define for me. Other people can only show me their way of life and then leave me free to decide if I want to apply how they live to my own life. Life does happen in bundles of pigeonholed moments. It is pretty cool. It is like I
ama movie that I can create, feel, smell, taste, hear, and see all at the same time. Almost like controlling my dreams which is a completely different thread.
Yes I am going to die, get sick, get hurt, whatever, but to me, that is part of life, taking these obstacles and eliminating from my life. The only thing that I am sure of is death and taxes. That is Benjamin Franklin I think. Everything else is up in the air at the moment.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
life is the ability to roll with it as it ebbs and flows, not how you can control it more.
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Controlling life is how I deal with my ebbs and flows. If I have the opportunity to live a life that I am not in control of or simply change the way I live to have complete control of my life, I will take the later even if it means death, which is certain anyways.
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Originally Posted by match000
buffering is good, and i've found the most success by interweaving buffering into fragmented time that I usually waste by surfing the web.
I think its best to spread each of the 3 (buffer, focus, fun) into a every day, but weighted appropriately (monday to wednesday has much more on focus and buffer, thursday is focus and fun, friday is fun, saturday is any combo that I need, and sunday is usually focus and buffer)..
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I like that, but for me it is easier to create blocks of time by using my sleeping patterns as barriers.
I am still working on the buffering though. It's a challenge to roll from one buffer activity to another.
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Originally Posted by analog
Also, no matter what "day [of the three] it is", skipping class is never a good idea. If you skip a class to accommodate one of these "days", you're always harming yourself more than you're helping.
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Not really. If you do not agree with the material the teacher is teaching, it is more harmful to subject yourself to a change that you are going to resist anyways. Or a waste of time.
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Originally Posted by analog
All due respect, one day you'll realize how incredibly misguided the above statement sounds and you'd have wondered why no one pointed it out to you. I'm now pointing it out to you. Think about why it might be absurd to say that a way of living is a provable science.
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No, it does sound absurd right now, but a lot has changed since I wrote that. Just because I am going to see things from a different perspective does not mean that I should cut myself off from self-development. Which enforces the power of facts.
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Originally Posted by analog
ratbastid is right, you're misapplying the Pareto principle.
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Fine, I'll make my own new principle.
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Originally Posted by analog
I think, as sweetpea said, that you're looking for something missing, and this lifestyle concept seems to fit the bill. While we're glad it's made you happy, we're just trying to make sure you're not buying into every ounce of it- because to everyone not enamored by this lifestyle concept like you are, it looks like a gimmick... another "flavor of the month" self-help thing.
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I appreciate your concern. You have a good heart looking out for another's well being. The problem is, not to be an asshole, I did not ask for your concern. I asked for your help in creating
activities that would fall under specifications.
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Originally Posted by analog
I think we're just trying to help you understand that there are plenty of options out there, and that this one may not be the best idea in the world.
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There is no way for me to tell if this option is right for me unless I experience it first hand.
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Originally Posted by analog
Think of it like a puzzle- you're missing a piece somewhere. You can't just plop down any old piece you come across that fits in the hole, or the picture is all messed up.
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If I had a puzzle that was complete except for one piece. I would take the whole thing apart, glue the pieces together to make a cabin, and then donate it to charity.
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Originally Posted by analog
I think many of us are just suggesting you take a step back and really look at the whole picture... and determine if this piece really belongs there, or if it simply satisfies what's "missing".
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The only thing that I am missing when I wake up to the sun each morning is yesterday.