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RE: Life... and the Illusion of Having "Control"

in WORLD OF XPILAR3 years ago

I think the idea of being able to control one's direct affairs is okay. For example, I believe that if you are not good with finances, you would do well to keep a budget book. If you like to go overboard with your shopping, you'd better make a shopping list.... And so on. As a means to an end, control is okay. Thematically, spatially and temporally limited and above all: only on one's own person! Anything else would be presumptuous and unworldly. By the way, I personally like the feeling of having no control, but being able to adjust to anything. Controled loss of control, so to speak ;-))

Ich finde die Idee okay, seine direkten Angelegenheiten kontrollieren zu können. So glaube ich z.B., wer kein gutes Händchen in finanziellen Belangen hat, der tut gut daran, ein Haushaltsbuch zu führen. Wer beim Einkaufen gerne über die Stränge schlägt, macht besser eine Einkaufsliste... Und so weiter. Als Mittel zum Zweck ist Kontrolle okay. Thematisch, räumlich und zeitlich begrenzt und vor allem: nur auf die eigene Person! Alles andere wäre anmaßend und weltfremd. Ich persönlich mag übrigens das Gefühl, keine Kontrolle zu haben, aber mich auf alles einstellen zu können. Kontrollierter Kontrollverlust, sozusagen ;-))

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 3 years ago 

Controlled loss of control... I rather like that way of putting it. In some ways, that sounds like my home office: It is rather chaotic looking to an outside observer, but there is system within the chaos, and I can actually find everything... about 99% of the time.

In general, yes, control is something I would not endeavor to apply to anyone/anything but myself and my immediate environment.