# self leadership Trying to get some work done this afternoon so I can enjoy my weekend. Today's self-leadership technique is gonna be timed pomodoro sessions. Just keep working until the timer dings. How many variables can I review in 25 minutes?? Go!!!! *distraction 1: learn this Amor É Meu Amor song* wow, i went through the whole list with 7 minutes to spare! does that mean i need to keep making progress? >:( session 1 done: 5 minute break now oh no my break was longer than expected. next session! To-do * Review variable spreadsheet and select variables for models * Output modeling datasets excluding all unnecessary variables * # Freaky Freyja Day *10:42* Good morning friends, hope you're having a freaky friday. *these are the lyrics to Debi Nova's new single Tú Manera De Amar* tu manera de amar se merece el mundo entero se merece en mi vida ser lo primero si pudieras sentir lo que siento llegarías alto hasta el cielo tu manera de amar es todo lo que yo quiero, que yo quiero sabes cómo curarme el corazón viniste a alivianar el viaje sin miedo de surfear mi oleaje tu manera de amar es todo lo que yo quiero, que yo quiero tu manera de amar fue mi techo en el aguacero es más grande que el mar y te juro que no exagero ## news ### local wolf writes an essay on the nature of awakening *Wollff:* > hey nerds, I'm accepting all of your submissions in response to the prompt: > **What's awakening about? What's the insight?** Awakening is coming to terms with the fact that nothing lasts. That's it. Now, let's break it down: There are three parts to this explanation. The first one is "nothing lasts". That's the simple one, where everyone responds with: "Oh, I know that!" And it's indeed as simple as it sounds. Nothing lasts. That's it. The second part to it is seeing that as a fact. Also very simple. Nothing lasts. And that is true. The third part is the difficult one: Coming to terms with that. The problem with "not awakening" is that we don't behave in ways that are in line with the first two parts. Nothing lasts. And maybe, for some things, we deny that outright: "I will love you forever!", or: "Eternal life in heaven is granted by God", are two examples, where we say: "Nothing lasts, but for some things that's not true!" But even beyond the obvious exceptions some of us embrace, we just think and behave as if we lived in a world where some things last, even without explicitly thinking about it. We don't like to look at "nothing lasts", especially when it's about things we like or dislike a lot. I don't last. My thoughts, behaviors, opinions, feelings, all of them come and go constantly. This body and this mind, this form, probably won't last. There is a good chance that I will die one day. So will everyone and everything I love. Everything and everyone I hate as well! "Coming to terms with it", in this context means: "Thinking and behaving in line with it" For that to happen, there again need to be a few parts: Intellectual knowledge that nothing lasts. The experience that nothing lasts. Trust in the truth that nothing lasts. With those factors firmly established, one can't help but start coming to terms with the fact that nothing lasts. And, as I see it, that's where awakening starts. ### local wolf also temporarily banned for aggressive pointing out instructions  # Silliness ## Reader reviews  ## Advertisement: #### Is this you?  ## Absurd solution: #### Well you're in luck! We do have a solution! I've been informed by an anonymous source that you can use a ring of protection to protect against excessive cervix bumping. That's right, a simple charm is all you need to ward off the avalanche of thirsty bodies plaguing you day and night.