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Magic dog food

Back in March I wrote about framing the pain that is felt during adaptation (when training the body or the mind) not as pain but as "the effects of magic". The idea is to turn a negative sensation into one that is perceived positively by thinking about it in a different way.

When the muscles burn during the last rep, it's not pain: it's the magic of the muscles that are about to grow.

When the ears ring, the mind exhausted after a study session it's not pain: it's the magic of learning doing its thing.

For the past year or so, I've felt waves of stress and discomfort in my (not-so) new job. At times, I've hated it and wanted to quit.

Some weeks ago, I was reflecting on the things I've learned on the course of the project I've been working on for the past six months. And, boy have I leaned! This year has been a constant drinking from the firehose in terms of learning new tools and technologies, learning how to work with a team, understanding our clients' needs, and a lot more.

It's time to eat my own magic dog food, it seems; maybe when it feels terrible it's not that it sucks: it's magic.