That is ok.
Lately, I’ve noticed when I accept that I am confused and don’t feed into my brain’s tendency to cling to what it thinks is right, I get an opportunity to learn.
Then I grow. If you aren’t growing, you’re dying.
So how do you grow?
It starts by recognizing that my confusion is the first step in understanding something new and taking a moment to appreciate that.
Our comfort zone expands when we step out of it.
High Ambiguity. Low Fear.
Confusion about anything leads me down a road I don’t like. Exits on that road include anger, sadness, and usually depression. I hate being confused more than anything in the world. It is arresting, since depression tends to make every decision cloudy. You just don’t feel good about anything.
Why would confusion make me depressed? Never could figure that out. Confusion seems like a normal emotion to have. Aren’t we always confused?
Two words that are cousins to me are confusion and ignorance. Ignorance isn’t as bothersome, because when you find ignorance,knowledge can defeat it. I like to use the term conquer – it just sounds better than defeat to me. Conquering ignorance! It gives the task energy and spirit. That sounds like a move in a RPG or some great tactic.
What is the difference – and how can one give such a boost while the other drags? Confusion is not knowing why, the subjective side of things. Ignorance is not knowing why, the objective side of things. How do you switch things from subjective to objective? Remove the feelings and take the words as they are – face value.
I should reframe my confusion into ignorance.Confusion is when I take objective criticism and make it subjective, so I need to find some way to make the switch.
That sounds like a skill. You can learn skills. They are picked up from mentors, read about or taught. I can make skills make sense. Skills lead to opportunities and opportunities lead to get access to amazing things.
A thought: Nothing helps pull me out of a funk than finding a light at the end of the tunnel. Writing helps me do that.
From the desk of Adam Thomas 