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Self-improvement types

The Twisted Double Helix
The Twisted Double Helix

I have a friend who once labeled me as one of those “self-improvement types.” At the time, I was studying a book of grammar and thought his comment odd. Didn’t everyone want to improve? I was lacking in that department and needed to brush up. Wanting to improve and being hell-bent on addressing any apprehension of, accurate or otherwise, a shortcoming is a fine distinction–one that alludes me still. My clan did not read. And so I read. They did not exercise. And so I exercise. My clan did not travel. And so I travel. My clan did not–and so I do. I am an affront to my twisted double-helix. What can one possibly make of such a zealous effort at overcompensation?

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With an undergraduate degree in Religion and Philosophy, complimented with graduate work in the History of Ideas, Doug has spent his life chasing some of life’s big questions. As a result he has delved deeply into wisdom traditions both ancient and modern, including the philosophical schools of Existentialism, Pragmatism, and Stoicism; he has also explored several of the Eastern traditions, principally Zen Buddhism and Taoism. Admittedly, he is no expert on anything, being a simple pilgrim.

3 responses to “Self-improvement types”

  1. Susan of CW Avatar
    Susan of CW

    Evolution in fast-forward?

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  2. Jack Avatar
    Jack

    I’ve got to tell you about my “theory of overcompensation.” Dyslexic writers, photographers with vision problems, broadcasters with speech defects, etc. Do you see a pattern? —JM

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    1. Doug Bruns Avatar
      Doug Bruns

      The gap between a theory and a fact closes in proportion to one’s relative distance to being the subject of the theory. That’s the theory of Doug.

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