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| Working on Ships Has Been A Real Life Saver And Life-Extension |
I had an expression "I haven't been everywhere, but it is on my list." This was the psychology of my "future self".
People are works in progress who mistakenly think they are finished. Hint. That is not the case.
Yet the power of time transforms our values and shapes our lives and profoundly influence the people we are going to become- For example young sailors pay good money to get tattoos removed that teenagers paid good money to get. and as Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, in this TED Lecture adds,
Middle-aged people rushed to divorce people who young adults rushed to marry. Older adults work hard to lose what middle-aged adults worked hard to gain. On and on and on. The question is, as a psychologist, that fascinates me is, why do we make decisions that our future selves so often regret?
Cultivating optimism is like plugging into the experience machine
I am looking at some of my adventures, which were nothing more than bad planning! The ease of remembering versus the difficulty of imagining. I can remember who I was 4 years ago, but I find it hard to imagine who and where I am going to be.
The power of Now, wherever I go there I am-gets trumped by a false belief- an illusion that history, my personal history, has just come to an end, that I have just recently become the person that I was always meant to be and will be for the rest of my life. That I am STUCK on a ship.
Therefore, NOW--- the present is a magic time. It's a watershed on the timeline. It's the moment at which I finally become my self. Nevertheless, we are all works in progress, and the person I am right now is as transient, fleeting and temporary as the person I have been. Cruising-living and working on a ship reminds me of this.
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| Today Docked In Bahamas |
As I connect the dots, I am reminded of some previous versions of my "selves".
These next three links, however, are before my LEFT brain got good at telling my RIGHT brain what to do:
I think of my job as Art Director as leading people to those moments of awe – ecstasy that overtakes you when you encounter a new idea, or place. After all, the definition of ecstasy is that you are not doing your ordinary everyday routine....essentially stepping into an alternative reality...
In answer to the Question, "How long has he been drifting?"Celebrating One Year at Sea this week.It started in Rome Sweet Rome, then Santorini...I haven´t been everywhere, but it´s on my list...
Space travel sure is fun. Greetings from the user-friendly universe---The Peoples Republic of Santa Monica;Home of The Mac Store, and Apple, the forbidden fruit.
First in January, I was in the Majik Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a bit like Mars.
Then in February, I went to The Land of Smiles, Thailand, and walked on the moon.
Finally, in March and April, I had my head in the clouds with The Helium Report, winning and losing the American dream in Macau every night, playing high-stakes no limit- poker, on The Hong Kong Express...
Here Are Some Of My Ships I lived and Worked On
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Costa Atlantica-Who is driving the ship Capo (Schettino)
if you are here toasting champagne?Va Veni-Microsoft! |
