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"and for the briefest of instants, you just knew you wanted to support me with a paid subscription"

Ha :) This is a very funny one :)

"It doesn’t make a difference anyway"

Your work is in the "pantheon of the free things" - a Christic place that cautiously takes note of all such good gifts :) Your free article triggers some very positive smiles, coming from that place straight :) Some big sun, some pure kindness are watching, enjoying and they just say: "it's good"! I believe the smiles indeed exist and that this is why we do "free things" :) That's to "honor the pantheon" :) The pantheon will definitely smile when free things occur and if there is no other way, we need to serve it if we want it shining :)

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That was lovely, and very very true. Thanks for that.

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“Here it is crucial that you give the blink engine time to absorb the fuel, which means you can’t think about the decision all the time: make your lists, then forget about it all and do something else. Come back to think it through, then detach.”

I’m a big believer of this method. Do the research, find what facts you can about your various options, then let it sit until the emotion subsides. Then at some point down the road, it clicks what the right answer is.

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Indeed. It's as if there's a deep part if the mind, vastly smarter and more connected, which can do a lot of heavy lifting if you know how to let it.

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this blink you speak of happens to me all the time when I'm painting, good stuff!

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The blink sounds like intuition or gut reaction?

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Yes intuition. But of the sort that needs conscious work to notice and act upon.

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yeah intuition. I look at the painting long enough and suddenly the next step comes

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Huh? This is how I always make decisions. I’m shocked that other people don’t if that is true.

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Just found half a cockroach in my Quarter Pounder.

I'd better think about that.

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Life is tragic.

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👍🏼

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