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--- title: "Introspection" visibility: public --- # Introspection Category: [[introspection|Introspection]] [Read the original document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ce8jQ_IL66liSZuDmMLIUPDQW9wriYFs97J-rVpsVKM/edit?usp=sharing&sa=D&ust=1596495076382000&usg=AOvVaw2zQDDWnTNRQlR79RGv6bxo) <!-- gdoc-inlined --> --- The reality is that there’s a lot in my life (and in most people’s lives) that they get very good at not looking at. It’s also easy to justify not looking at many things - it could be clearly negative, destroy relationships, kill motivation, etc. Going in with eyes open is easily said, but could have huge consequences. Ways to Learn About Your Mind I could think of this as a categorization of interventions - I’ve actually been looking for a resource like this. Before I rush ahead, I’ll list some of my self awareness techniques: 1. Free Writing 2. Time Tracking 3. Focus Tracking 4. Meditation 5. Reading about psychology & reflecting on personal thoughts / experience in its light 6. Values Experiments It’s fascinating that paying attention to behavior my say things about what you believe and want - I think that it mostly says something about your mind, and what it wants - the addictive feedback loop of social proof and gossip style delight. The notification system. I actually think that with their suggestions they’re intentionally giving themselves the freedom to have silly hypotheses. So sarcastic too. From my techniques, it looks like I prefer (1), (3), (4), and direct introspection. They have a few questions at the end - Which methods do I use? Why do I use them? Would it help to add some? Are there ways that they missed? It would be an awesome task to generate experiments that work along the 9 methods given, and send Geoff or someone else a comprehensive list of experiments. For each experiment, a writeup with results would be really helpful. There are also almost certainly categories that were missed. But for myself, I’d love to have that list. --- *Source: [Original Google Doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ce8jQ_IL66liSZuDmMLIUPDQW9wriYFs97J-rVpsVKM/edit?usp=sharing&sa=D&ust=1596495076382000&usg=AOvVaw2zQDDWnTNRQlR79RGv6bxo)*