Everyone wants to make money off of their ideas–it is the backbone of capitalism (not the blood–the blood is the finance vultures who take you apart bit by bit for a profit but this isn’t about them). I have an idea and I’m putting it down here right now in hopes of developing it further for myself and for profit down the line. I call it Defrag or Defragmentation (or even defragment…all are versions of the same word and idea you dirty thieves..). The idea is built on the principles of computing I learned in High School. Hard drives–the old ones especially would often go through a process of defragmentation in order to realign memory files into clumps in order to make them easier to access. This process would therefore allow them to be reorganized and even more quickly and readily accessible. As an aside this process for me includes the destruction of unwanted junk–be it junk information, ideas, or even emotions/feelings that cloud your process.
Humans are not computers but our memory is clouded by the same conditions. We too need to accomplish a regular defrag in order to clean up ourselves and our lives. This means we need to look deeply into ourselves, our patterns, the things we keep, the things we carry, etc. And sort through those things in a meaningful way. I don’t defrag nearly enough. In fact I have 50+ notebooks stored up of material I need to comb through. I have a list of tasks to complete that are not actually in a list format that if they were listed would be completeable. All of this is about the process. I’ve taken it on myself to devote the next two weeks to a total defragmentation of my life, habits, finances, feelings, goals, language, assessments, etc. I expect through this process I will be able to shift my life towards a more active and healthy way of being.
Some Thoughts:
- Everybody needs to above process, but I need it MORE. I need it because I live with several dead-enders. This is best described as people with no ambition and tons of complacency. What is important to them above all else is consuming. They couldn’t care less about bettering their environment. So, my partner and I are left to the cleaning, and the caring, and the stress of it all. So, I need to get my shit together, so I am not overly affected by them. Right now I am.