You got to, as they say, have a system. And one of mine is to, by default, wear shorts between April and September. That means today is the last day of default shorts-wearing in 2026, as we enter six months of much darker days here in the North East of England.
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Doug, in response to Laura's post questioning what does validation look like?, explores the interconnected concepts of validation, recognition, and credentialing. He proposes that validation is an intra-personal act of absorbing evidence, recognition is the inter-personal acknowledgement of that validation, and credentialing is a formalised, portable way of encoding recognition. Doug argues that recognition systems should foster "absorption" to facilitate validation, and acknowledges that validation processes vary among individuals due to unique personal histories.
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Doug reflects on how his life organisation can unintentionally create unwanted conditions, highlighting the importance of boundary-setting. Inspired by Andrew Wilkinson's anti-goals concept, he suggests identifying undesirable aspects of life and creating tangible solutions to avoid them, such as his analogue desk morning routine. This method encourages reflection on the life one wishes to avoid, in order to shape the desired one.
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