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If you’re on my mailing list, you may not have noticed that this video is a day late.
I had to take my daughter to the hospital last night, and waited a couple of hours for our turn to come up. I had the choice of shooting a video at midnight, or going to sleep to not disturb my sleeping pattern (I was already an hour passed my bed time).
I had a short discussion with my pillow about this. I don’t recall what either of us said, but I do know that no video was shot last night.
While I intended to shoot one video a day for 14 days as part of the video challenge, I thought it was more sensible to accept the circumstances of the day, rather than try and fight them, or adjust to them when there’s no real demand to do so.
But what I did realize is how important it is to get my videos done early in the day, so I don’t risk not getting them done, or staying late at night to finish them (which has happened a few times, when I didn’t realize how long the preparation will take).
I’m looking to shoot another video in the afternoon to compensate for the day I missed. 🙂
I continue to look forward to your feedback, especially if the content isn’t making much sense to you, or you feel that I’ve been missing out crucial bits of information.
4 replies on “Video Challenge – Day 7: The Observer Effect”
Nice video, I realised that I do that to friends all the time. I didn’t know it had that much impact. Any way, keep on the good work and I hope your daughter feels well soon. 🙂
How about avoid being with people who have a negative impact or impression on you?
Sometimes even if you try to be yourself with a certain group of people, they are still not willing to change their first or initial judgment on you either because they hate you or they envy you, I guess.
Hussain, I do that to everyone, including the neighbor’s dog. When I realized how it impacts me, I began to notice when I do it to others. I now make an effort to notice when I do it.
Thank you for your support, and my daughter is feeling better, but she still has a lingering cough.
Mohammad, some people you can’t avoid. And even if you can physically avoid them, the sense of being judged can continue to haunt you. This is the case with many, many people that have issues with their parents. Childhood judgments follow them to their adulthood.
The point I was making wasn’t to change other people’s view of you, but to not let it shape your own view of yourself and your ability to change. Otherwise you won’t be able to experience a personal transformation.
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