Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
It’s not that I don’t have the will to do things. It’s that my will is different. I feel plural, like my consciousness is an ongoing system, and that decisions arise from that system, rather than being dictated by a controlling ego. This is not so strange—it’s the loveliness of a normal flow state, when the human system is trusting itself rather
... See moreThe 5 Hindrances and the 5 Meditation Factors
Five Meditation Hindrances
Worldly Desire
Aversion
Laziness
Agitation due to Worry and Remorse
Doubt
Five Meditation Factors (the antidote)
Directed Attention
Sustained Attention
Meditative Joy
Pleasure / Happiness
Unification of Mind
In a world where everything seems to be falling apart and so much is beyond my control, there is something deeply empowering about this simple, weird act. I can see the difference every time I drive home — the road is cleaner, safer, more beautiful. I’m outside instead of stewing indoors. I’m moving instead of scrolling. I’m solving a problem
... See moreIf everything you’re perceiving is a cinematic production optimized for utility, then when you look at this page, you’re not really seeing a raw report of the light hitting your eyes, you are seeing what’s coming out of your mind. Therefore, everything you perceive as “the world” is a perception of your model of the world, which is to say, you.
I sometimes think about it in terms of entertaining. I don't know how much entertaining you do. When people say, I'm going to give a dinner party, I'm going to invite some friends for dinner, they get into such a mess thinking, how am I gonna organize this dinner? They go, oh, I must have a starter and maybe it's a melon and or maybe it I don know
... See moreMembers from IT, design, and business might all have different ways of referring to the same thing. By bringing your project team together to critique on a recurring basis, you provide a venue for this shared vocabulary to build up and take hold. As that vocabulary is being built, it’s happening across roles and silos, improving the ability of team
... See morebuild a shared vocabulary across disciplines
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of a cancer cell. -Edward Abbey