ECHOES OF THE ROAD

A man walks down the street, he’s having a mid life crisis. He is feeling soft in the middle and wondering why the rest of his life is so hard. His guiding light has been lost to age and wondering who will be his role model. Well, AI, if you had AI in 1986 you could have saved yourself a whole heap of trouble writing this crappy tune! Do you get it? I wager Betty does.

I enjoy very much listening the Huberman Lab podcast. For those that have not head, Andrew Huberman is a neuro scientist whose mission is to bring zero cost scientific tools to help people understand and take action. His long form podcasts of around 2 hours really get into detail but like all good teachers there is gentle repetition of the science which helps the brain infuse it. One of the themes is how the brain loses its plasticity as you get older. It is something I have noticed if I compare myself now to 30 years ago, but I got thinking how much it this because I have been conditioned over time? Are there things I can do that do, so in my daily notes I wrote: The return to a plastic brain. Keep routines simple and minimal. Don’t take everything at face value. Started to learn one thing that will take a long time and really challenge you. Identify where your curiosity lays. Explore those curiosity paths. Avoid being an unthinking consumer. Ask yourself the motive. Respect other peo...