POWER TO THE CHOOSER

Toleration
1. The act of tolerating; the allowance of that which is not wholly approved.

There’s two layers here, one is clearing a list of things you’ve been meaning to do and they still take up space in your head… and there’s also the layer of things that are not ‘wholly approved’.

Many of us didn’t get solid practical, relevant-to-us financial teaching from our parents or schooling, but often we believe we should just know how to do money. We also likely didn’t learn that there’s no one-size-fits-all when it comes to earning, saving, spending, and investing… once you allow for gender, conditioning, personality, neurodivergence, and other factors there are many ways to adapt the doing of money to suit individuals.

In ancient times when we lived in tribes and villages, we depended on the tribe for food, warmth, protection and procreation. If we did something that caused us to be removed from the tribe if we no longer had the protection of the ring of tents around the fire we were vulnerable to attack, being fed on by wild animals or caught by other tribes.

While we no longer live in tribes and need literal protection from wild animals, there’s a part of our brain that operates as if we do. It’s called the amygdala or the primal brain.

Nothing but me and nature… a fast track to finding what I’m here for.

A not-so-random exploration of connection.

I started wondering if people could pinpoint the moment or the series of moments that shaped their concept of who they are to the world.

Is it really anxiety?