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riffed on a story about a man at my church daniel.industries/2023/12/12/meaning-dementia/

Meaning Dementia
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Meaning Dementia

There is an older gentleman at my church who appears to be suffering from some degree of dementia. The first feeling I experience when I see him is jealousy. His non-present presence. His sublime unperturbedness. Then I feel sympathy for his wife and daughter, who tenderly care for him, explain what is happening even though those words won’t land, and guide him from donuts and coffee to the sanctuary. But still, more jealousy, to be cared for that way. Then I realize that I’m part of the way there already–the social awkwardness, the inability to remember much of anything anymore, the wandering mind, the lack of drive or feeling of any real motivation. If any of those continue to progress the way they have been for the last decade, all that will remain will be the clinical diagnosis.

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@thatkruegergirl this is a rabbit hole ⚠️

I assume you're heard of the heavy hitters: Cal Newport, Tiago Forte, and the (to me) annoyingly hussle-zen of Ali Abdaal?

Or just do a YouTube search for any of the more popular tools: Notion, Obsidian, Logseq, or the new ones like Muse and Capacities.

Or search for "digital garden". My friend @maggie is the premier thinker/writer in that space.

Or the paper crowd: there are 1 million videos of people's hands in front of a Traveler's notebook on YT.

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I'm at my daughter's birthday party which is 30 12-year-old girls in a rec center basketball court with a DJ and way too much sugar and pizza.

If you're the prayer-sending type, I'm desperate enough to accept them.

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I'm not saying I'm feeling melancholic, but I just ate pudding and when I saw the "grab your spoons" tagline on the top I thought, "...before life takes them all away."

An image of "Snack pack" pudding with the tagline "grab your spoons!"