Weaver ... I was thinking about this
and I think
"complicated chit" must be reduced to it's essesnce so it becomes a more workable dilemma
if a dilemma continually holds it's place in our heads as "complicated" the solutions are elusive
as in: "I can't solve this it's way too complicated"
break it down so it's not complicated
I really think we make many things complicated ourselves which are not naturally complicated
this is different than 'black or white' thinking
I believe in reducing a 'complicated' dilemma to a simpler term/form/shape/size/character and ~then~ applying principles
for me personally, the most tried and true way to do this is to examine myself first and attempt to unravel some of the knots I have tied myself which are making something appear to be 'complicated chit'
asking myself "Why does this look so hard to me?" ... or "What is stopping me from making a decision? Is it fear? Lack of knowledge? Is this my anxiety taking charge?
next I usually try to think of something similar that stumped me and recognize that I eventually unearthed a solution to something that appeared 'complicated'
some things ARE complicated, but usually the individual elements/parts/components are themselves NOT all that complicated
and we ourselves, our attitudes ARE a part of the complication
sometimes we think something is 'complicated' because our emotions tell us so ... and the 'thing it's self' is actually quite simple, but our feelings about it are what is complicated
reduce to the lowest common denominator the simplest part and apply known principles
that's the only way I know how to function effectively when feeling overwhelmed by complicated chit
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