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love the concept that you know you're at the right level when you're in flow. Also a good way to know if you're competing at the right level in the metagame.

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This is a lovely piece of writing, Chao. I particularly enjoyed the loop back to “life is a fractal” at the end, and how that idea resonates throughout the piece.

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Such a cool topic you're digging into here Chao, makes me want to tune more into the present and see where I need to do more zooming in or out. So awesome to see the evolution of this piece - I think I'm going to find myself dropping "life is a fractal" in conversation sometime soon.

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Yes I too use the metaphor of the zoom in google maps as a way to get unstuck

From anything as routine as problem solving in day jobs which are for well defined problems to poorly defined problems such as how to live a good life

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Damn, Chao.

So proud of you for getting this one out!! I love how the seed of this idea you expressed has bloomed into this piece. There is a lot that resonates here, especially about the flow state and procrastination.

I might have to come back to this and reread it for the reminder to switch between the zooming in and out more.

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Such wonderful advice! I tend to zoom too much in and need to practice zooming out...

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