All consuming...
My wife was telling me something or other over the weekend, and I realized that she thinks about all sorts of stuff, kind of going over and over things in her head. And then I realized that I no longer do that; haven't done that for many years now. There is only one thing I think about now, obsessively, incessantly - this biblical, Judaic, religious stuff, and it seems to consume all my brain processing cycles, like some runaway program.
I don't think it is healthy, but I can't seem to break out of this loop.
I don't think it is healthy, but I can't seem to break out of this loop.
posted by e-kvetcher at 8:04 AM
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>I don't think it is healthy, but I can't seem to break out of this loop
maybe you should take a break from blogging
I don't know. I still feel like I have a lot to say and the blogging helps me work it out (sometimes).
I think if I took a break from blogging, it will just get bottled up.
I have been getting back into my job related stuff though and that is pretty fulfilling, after being disenchanted with the industry for a long time...
But you are right. I used to be a total TV junkie and then a bunch of stuff happened in my life where I basically had no time to watch TV for like 2 years. And now I don't watch TV at all, maybe a couple hours a week, at most, and I don't miss it.
If the choice is between blogging, keeping stuff bottled up, and watching tv, I would (obviously) suggest blogging.
Other possibilities include picking up a new hobby or talk therapy. Picking up a new hobby is cheaper. Depending on the hobby. Talk therapy may or may not be more productive.
thanks Leora,
I think this weekend was a bit of a 'astral projection' out of body experience, where something in my brain just took a bit of a mental checkpoint and was able to see my thought processes from the outside.
I don't think my personality works well with talk therapy, so I think blogging is still on.
>I think this weekend was a bit of a 'astral projection' out of body experience, where something in my brain just took a bit of a mental checkpoint and was able to see my thought processes from the outside.
That happened to me a few months ago. It was strange, but only lasted for a brief moment
Keep blogging.
It's a healthy release.
Nothing particularly wrong with a Talmud-Torah obsession - but it needs to be balanced.
And is it not in any case better than an obsession with porn?
There's nothing wrong with wearing good grooves in the mind.
>I don't think it is healthy, but I can't seem to break out of this loop.
Its not. I can relate.
> but I can't seem to break out of this loop.
Oh that's easy. Try this:
do
thinkabout(Judaism);
while (judaism=true)
Is that why you're still blogging, anonymous?
You said it. So did I awhile ago in a slightly different context - http://baalhabos.blogspot.com/2006/10/bursting.html
Quote - I have become all consumed with blogging, etc. And it's not just the time I spend posting and commenting. Even my normal day to day thoughts are being overshadowed by the verbiage I'm going to use for my next post. And then I sit down to post and have to re-create it all anyway. My wife talks to me and I just don't hear her the first two times or sometimes answer a question with something I've been thinking about in blogging.
Take a break.
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