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Memory, Feeling and Judgement

arfie
arfie
I seem to be growing more deliberate about modeling my new graphics studio after the "failed" CAD business. This might be the first time I have put quotation marks around "failed." it has been filed under "failures" for 21 years because it had an unhappy ending. There were quite a few triumphs in the 8 years of contracting, etc. It was bigger than my 1992 tax return.

Again, I am sorting my own fusions and confusions. Is it worth sorting the memory from the judgement of that memory from my present day and remembered feelings of the memory?

Or am I just babbling, AGAIN...
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
Few things ever are an "utter" failure. It's good to see you sift out gems from the past filed away under "F" to inspire others like me to do the same. Live and learn. Good luck continuing to set up the studio.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Have been thinking all week how life is not like school, i.e. no summary grade at the end of a term.

Many things end out of unfortunate necessity, but in life flux is natural and things may just run their course. Just because something ended doesn't equate with failure.

I am doing the same sort of sifting.
CecilBGreen
CecilBGreen
I know this sounds corny but it is true: There are no successes without some failures. Or....it isn't really a failure...you just disproved a technique.

Just like my brain isn't really mush right now...it is simply displaying the effects of no sleep.
arfie
arfie
I don't often suffer the paralyzing flashbacks any more, but remembering still interferes more often than it helps me in my present circumstances. I will complain about trouble finding my keys in the same moment I wish my memories would just go away.

I am still not sure what is niggling at me, but this morning I am wondering if I should just let memory be an organic function of the CPU I call a brain and look instead at the judgements and feelings that are acting like partitions and firewalls in the organic CPU.

Still sorting...
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