I should undertake challenging #reads.
instead of these #doomscrolling feeds.
But I've no strength to face
an escape from the base
of #Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
I have upgradeitis. If something newer and shinier comes out, my stupid monkey-brain compels me to buy it. Seven years ago, we installed a solar battery. It was part of an experimental project which looked at creating a community power-grid, so it came at a subsidised price. As I explained to BBC Click, the 2k…
I got up in disarray this morning. My wife and I were going to take a short trip to a Safari Park near Alexandria, but then I remembered it's Ben's haircut day. So I rushed around to get him to the groomer's place.
Do you recall Maslow's hierarchy of needs? If you're not familiar, I encourage you to look it up. At the top of the hierarchy is Self-Actualization. When you're at that stage then supposedly, you have all that you need. I did struggle briefly when I retired, I needed something to do, a hobby. I had choices so I picked one and then settled in for the ride. That's where I am, and I have very few wants. But I do want a Canon 100-400 mm lens 😂.
“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” - Philip Pullman
Wow. Maslow never represented his hierarchy of needs as a pyramid. Further, here's what he wrote 23 years later:
"self-actualization is not enough. Personal salvation and what is good for the person alone cannot be really understood in isolation. The good of other people must be invoked as well as the good for oneself. It is quite clear that purely inter-psychic individualist psychology without reference to other people and social conditions is not adequate."