gumption traps
Oh man, I think I developed a love-hate relationship with Pirsig's book. I have mentioned my resistance to reading it more than once. But the other day I finally finished it, and it felt like a huge relief. Not because I hated the book itself and I couldn't wait to be done and never look at it again, but because it was a requirement, and time was ticking, and I felt urgency and pressure to get it done. I gave myself a "moment" to enjoy the sensation of achievement, only to feel absolutely crushed a few days later, looking at the list of questions, like somebody had just dropped my fragile 1000-piece puzzle on the ground before I glued the pieces down. I tried to start on the questions I could retrieve more easily, and went back to the sections on gumption traps, it felt like I looked in a mirror. I literally got stuck in the out-of-sequence-reassembly gumption trap. I guess It's time for this long break he is talking about, so I decided to write a blog instead....