I’m not really in a good place right now or I guess I haven’t been for a few years.
I’ve just been reflecting today on all the things that I haven’t been doing and wondering if some specific things would have happened in my past to me maybe I would have been able to do things differently… like I’m reflecting on my friends and how they develop their sense of self-worth and identity I’m just realizing so many things just didn’t really ever happen to me and I’m just wondering what those things could possibly have been.
Like for example I have absolutely no doubt that I’m a great programmer and I deserve all of the things I have in my life because of it. I’ve work hard and created cool things and gotten jobs and been promoted so I have absolutely no doubt in my professional abilities.
And like I know I’m attractive cuz I’m tall and young and I look good and I take care of myself… but no one’s ever told me that… like in the way that my friends have been told. Like in the way that would cause a friend to come up to me and ask for emotional advice about their relationship and they tell me their partner finds them attractive but they don’t think they’re attractive, I’ve never gotten to that.
That’s the kind of I guess niche developmental milestones or mile-pebbles that are healthy to go through that I’m asking about.
While perhaps more esoteric than practical, as a programmer, this might be relatable:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-circuit_model_of_consciousness
At any rate, the books listed such as Cosmic Trigger and more specifically Prometheus Rising, as well as Wilson’s later Quantum Psychology, are all very accessible examinations of the human experience from various perspectives and schools of thought, and certainly facilitate healthy self-reflection and awareness.
Edited to add another great work related to this subject:
Programming and Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer