Comments on: A short history of my life’s high-impact events http://enjoymentland.com/2010/03/02/a-short-history-of-my-high-impact-events/ A loosey goosey meditation on making an enjoyable life with a 1-person company Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Becca http://enjoymentland.com/2010/03/02/a-short-history-of-my-high-impact-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1243 Becca Tue, 25 May 2010 20:06:13 +0000 http://enjoymentland.com/?p=820#comment-1243 Buster, I love this personal history list...going to do one myself. Thanks for the inspiration! Buster, I love this personal history list…going to do one myself. Thanks for the inspiration!

]]> By: siri http://enjoymentland.com/2010/03/02/a-short-history-of-my-high-impact-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1195 siri Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:54:12 +0000 http://enjoymentland.com/?p=820#comment-1195 whoa! i just wanted to thank you (retroactively) for creating nervousness. i didn't know you'd done that (i am a 750 words user who just found your blog in the patrons section). nervousness was so amazing and brought more joy and mail-borne wonderment and magic into my life once-upon-a-time than i can do justice to here. its demise is still something i view as being one of the greatest losses of the internet. seriously. and 43 things also rocked my world. and 750 words has gotten me writing regularly for the first time in a long time. thank you for creating such inspiring tools for fostering creativity and community on the web! whoa! i just wanted to thank you (retroactively) for creating nervousness. i didn’t know you’d done that (i am a 750 words user who just found your blog in the patrons section). nervousness was so amazing and brought more joy and mail-borne wonderment and magic into my life once-upon-a-time than i can do justice to here. its demise is still something i view as being one of the greatest losses of the internet. seriously. and 43 things also rocked my world. and 750 words has gotten me writing regularly for the first time in a long time. thank you for creating such inspiring tools for fostering creativity and community on the web!

]]> By: Kristy http://enjoymentland.com/2010/03/02/a-short-history-of-my-high-impact-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1181 Kristy Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:55:24 +0000 http://enjoymentland.com/?p=820#comment-1181 Um you forgot: 1978 Awesome little sister was born 2003 Awesome little neice was born Just kiddin :) I guess those things would only be on my list - I would make one but I think it's be rather short, sadly. Um you forgot:
1978 Awesome little sister was born
2003 Awesome little neice was born
Just kiddin :)
I guess those things would only be on my list – I would make one but I think it’s be rather short, sadly.

]]> By: Buster http://enjoymentland.com/2010/03/02/a-short-history-of-my-high-impact-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1178 Buster Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:06:18 +0000 http://enjoymentland.com/?p=820#comment-1178 Hm, good question. I think I need lists like this in order to feel like I'm making progress. That there's a long road that we're all on and that we don't have to panic if it feels like things are not moving. There's a consistency of direction that I feel when I think about the list and I don't worry as much about the smaller dramas and events that are happening right now. Maybe it is good for my ego to review the past also. Hm, good question. I think I need lists like this in order to feel like I’m making progress. That there’s a long road that we’re all on and that we don’t have to panic if it feels like things are not moving. There’s a consistency of direction that I feel when I think about the list and I don’t worry as much about the smaller dramas and events that are happening right now. Maybe it is good for my ego to review the past also.

]]> By: Tanner Christensen http://enjoymentland.com/2010/03/02/a-short-history-of-my-high-impact-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1176 Tanner Christensen Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:11:47 +0000 http://enjoymentland.com/?p=820#comment-1176 It's interesting to me that you have a list like this Buster. What do you think is the value of keeping the list up-to-date? Does having the list simply build up your ego when you need it to, or is there a goal in mind for the list - one you possibly don't know about yourself, but are hoping for? I imagine the internet makes it easier to have/manage lists like this. Stick it up on some Amazon servers somewhere and you're fairly likely to have it again in 10 years. It’s interesting to me that you have a list like this Buster.

What do you think is the value of keeping the list up-to-date? Does having the list simply build up your ego when you need it to, or is there a goal in mind for the list – one you possibly don’t know about yourself, but are hoping for?

I imagine the internet makes it easier to have/manage lists like this. Stick it up on some Amazon servers somewhere and you’re fairly likely to have it again in 10 years.

]]> By: loula http://enjoymentland.com/2010/03/02/a-short-history-of-my-high-impact-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1172 loula Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:51:34 +0000 http://enjoymentland.com/?p=820#comment-1172 I got married in 2000 and divorced in 2004 too. LOL. But I can honestly say I will stay unmarried forever, although I do believe in it, if it works. I got married in 2000 and divorced in 2004 too. LOL. But I can honestly say I will stay unmarried forever, although I do believe in it, if it works.

]]> By: A short history of High-Impact Events « Tracking my life http://enjoymentland.com/2010/03/02/a-short-history-of-my-high-impact-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1166 A short history of High-Impact Events « Tracking my life Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:02:45 +0000 http://enjoymentland.com/?p=820#comment-1166 [...] got this idea from BusterBenson – I think that this will be a very interesting list to add to in years to come. Posted by [...] [...] got this idea from BusterBenson – I think that this will be a very interesting list to add to in years to come. Posted by [...]

]]> By: josh http://enjoymentland.com/2010/03/02/a-short-history-of-my-high-impact-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1163 josh Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:09:53 +0000 http://enjoymentland.com/?p=820#comment-1163 Also, Disqus would be nice. Also, Disqus would be nice.

]]> By: josh http://enjoymentland.com/2010/03/02/a-short-history-of-my-high-impact-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1162 josh Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:21:42 +0000 http://enjoymentland.com/?p=820#comment-1162 Like all westerners, you strive to "identify the active ingredient". In this case, to render down your life into these few words. The long-running TV series "Law & Order" excels in reducing people and events into their keywords, and that's an undeniable part of it's appeal. (A geekier example would be D&D) This is useful in the right context. Consider the immense complexities required for an army to cooperate. The way to deal with that complexity is to reduce people to a single keyword, called "rank". Consider the difficulties of choosing a mate: the keywords on internet dating sites are useful (gender, income, location, political party, etc). The question is: in which context would this list be useful? To whom? For what? Like all westerners, you strive to “identify the active ingredient”. In this case, to render down your life into these few words. The long-running TV series “Law & Order” excels in reducing people and events into their keywords, and that’s an undeniable part of it’s appeal. (A geekier example would be D&D)

This is useful in the right context. Consider the immense complexities required for an army to cooperate. The way to deal with that complexity is to reduce people to a single keyword, called “rank”. Consider the difficulties of choosing a mate: the keywords on internet dating sites are useful (gender, income, location, political party, etc).

The question is: in which context would this list be useful? To whom? For what?

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