Priorities and concerns change with your phase of life and stage of personal development. Sometimes I forget this.
I’m at a point now where answers to most “how” questions seem trivial, boring, or even ill-conceived. It’s all about whys and whethers at this point.
In one sense, I’d probably benefit from returning to a bit of pragmatism from time to time. There’s wisdom in adopting a beginner’s mindset. Perhaps the hows that I’ve internalized would also be helpful to others at the how stage.
But in another sense, there’s value in reconsidering everything from multiple life stage perspectives. “Why” isn’t necessarily impractical, even for people at the beginning of a practice. Thinking more about whether to do something has value no matter when.
Asking “how” almost inevitably presumes the answer to whether is yes. How to write a book in 15 minutes a day…how to create 20 pieces of content from one blog post…etc. It’s relentless.
Hows that presume whethers also impose a different instrumentality than steps for how to install a plugin, format a chart, take a blender apart, and other instructional guidance. They almost inevitably depend on someone else’s experience and priorities. Asking “how” so puts you squarely inside their agenda and that’s the point.
In most cases, too, caught within the imperatives of the content industry, they leave you in a position of buying more “how.”
