Reading what you wrote on Instagram and here has sparked a thought for me. I’m on a coaching programme, for cpd, and one element of it is that we need to meet with a small group each week and discuss the week’s learnings. I can happily do self-instructed learning, watch/listen to videos. But the idea of having to meet at a certain time each week, with this small group, and share what we’ve learned from these videos… That feels really hard. And it feels hard because I have always struggled to articulate information I’ve heard, even if I have absorbed parts of it, in a group dynamic. I can write my response, sometimes, but I find group discussion hard. I’m grateful to you for highlighting this as something that others struggle with too. X
I think there are so many elements to this - the demand element (I tend to resist a time demand even when it's something I REALLY want to do!), the added social complexity of group discussions (I always end up either not speaking or interrupting even when I'm trying SO hard to time it right) and absolutely trying to turn complex and multifaceted ideas into bitesize statements!
The field of glimmers resonates here too. I somehow have more information than ever over these last few years, and yet nothing feels very solid.
I think this informs part of my decision to be on the likes of Instagram less… even with only following credible accounts that put out solid information, it can still feel like gathering glimmers without going more in depth to capture the nuances. And you can gather buckets of glimmers in one scroll without much depth or having time for them to sink in and percolate. I’m realising it’s often in sitting with the nuances, complexities and the realising how much I don’t know of something that I find some kind of grounding… and that requires slow chewing over and space for things to filter that I’m only beginning to grant myself.
Yes absolutely, that’s interesting what you say about Instagram as definitely the more rapid fire content on there can be so fascinating but means nothing really goes in. I heard someone (I can’t remember who or where sadly!) talking about how much more common it is to do that sort of superficial learning now but deep work is harder to do as we’re losing that skill? Something like that! I guess it’s habitual. I’m loathe to leave Instagram as I love parts of it but I’m really ready for some deeper thinking and slowing down
I fully empathise with that field of glimmers!!
So many!
Reading what you wrote on Instagram and here has sparked a thought for me. I’m on a coaching programme, for cpd, and one element of it is that we need to meet with a small group each week and discuss the week’s learnings. I can happily do self-instructed learning, watch/listen to videos. But the idea of having to meet at a certain time each week, with this small group, and share what we’ve learned from these videos… That feels really hard. And it feels hard because I have always struggled to articulate information I’ve heard, even if I have absorbed parts of it, in a group dynamic. I can write my response, sometimes, but I find group discussion hard. I’m grateful to you for highlighting this as something that others struggle with too. X
I think there are so many elements to this - the demand element (I tend to resist a time demand even when it's something I REALLY want to do!), the added social complexity of group discussions (I always end up either not speaking or interrupting even when I'm trying SO hard to time it right) and absolutely trying to turn complex and multifaceted ideas into bitesize statements!
The field of glimmers resonates here too. I somehow have more information than ever over these last few years, and yet nothing feels very solid.
I think this informs part of my decision to be on the likes of Instagram less… even with only following credible accounts that put out solid information, it can still feel like gathering glimmers without going more in depth to capture the nuances. And you can gather buckets of glimmers in one scroll without much depth or having time for them to sink in and percolate. I’m realising it’s often in sitting with the nuances, complexities and the realising how much I don’t know of something that I find some kind of grounding… and that requires slow chewing over and space for things to filter that I’m only beginning to grant myself.
Love this idea - thanks for sharing!
Yes absolutely, that’s interesting what you say about Instagram as definitely the more rapid fire content on there can be so fascinating but means nothing really goes in. I heard someone (I can’t remember who or where sadly!) talking about how much more common it is to do that sort of superficial learning now but deep work is harder to do as we’re losing that skill? Something like that! I guess it’s habitual. I’m loathe to leave Instagram as I love parts of it but I’m really ready for some deeper thinking and slowing down