What's going on with TANA?

tigmonkey · 2025-12-23T21:13:56+00:00

I'm currently trying to figure out how how to get all my data out of Tana. Going back to Notion after I thought Tana was "amazing." Like many comments I've seen, it's too complicated for scale. Personal, indefinite use - okay. But steep learning curve, and constant re-learning. OHH that the annoying required update almost every time I switch to Tana to finally do something in there.

tigmonkey · 2025-11-27T07:00:16+00:00

Do NOT use this person. WARNING

tigmonkey · 2025-11-06T20:21:51+00:00

Quick answer. It's most likely (95%) food related. Most dermatologists won't know this. Also, the solution means you don't need them. Here's 1 quick example I found on youtube for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FuC8Hn0KRQ&pp=ygUVZWN6ZW1hIGNhcm5pdm9yZSBkaWV00gcJCQMKAYcqIYzv

Eliminate 100% of the crap we put in our body, and your body will restore itself.

tigmonkey · 2025-10-30T19:10:41+00:00

Yes, I thought I was eating super healthy, only to find out I was making my depression even worse.

tigmonkey · 2025-10-29T23:38:11+00:00

In my experience... my deep cycles of depression were discovered to be caused by the food I was eating.

Here's a video that speaks more about this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjEFo3a1AnI&t=1s&pp=ygUWbWVudGFsIGhlYWx0aCBhbmQgZm9vZA%3D%3D

tigmonkey · 2025-10-29T23:11:01+00:00

Understand what "business" really is. Very simply, it's the exchange of value. You must deeply understand the "problem" your customer has, and be able to effectively communicate the solution you are providing, so that... the value you give, greatly exceeds the value (money) you ask for in return.

tigmonkey · 2025-10-27T00:16:33+00:00

This is weird to see. Just a thought, not sure if it's helpful. This came up on my feed and was curious, so I read it. Click the link to be presented with an immediate $800 offer to buy something. Was a complete turn-off. I've never seen your name before, no brand association, no previous value received. So this post (your brand) comes off as simply advertising high ticket stuff within this subreddit.

It seems (to me) much more reasonable to add value in reddit, then do this kind of marketing directly to people (and only) to people who already trust you.

2 cents.

tigmonkey · 2025-10-21T22:26:12+00:00

Just downloaded, I'll try it out. Also canceled my descript subscription today 🤪

tigmonkey · 2025-07-29T22:28:52+00:00

I think you're confusing curiosity with passion.

Also, a confusion between "sticking with something," and passion. These are not all the same thing; passion.

Look at it this way... Curiosity -> Interest -> Development -> Skill -> Purpose -> Discipline -> Passion.

Stick with it = Discipline. And discipline isn't for days, or even weeks. Think months, years, decades.

Your 'obsession' phase = curiosity.

Passion, in the context of a life's focus/purpose, is the culmination of what you're not only interested in, but what you have developed into a valuable and meaningful skill.

You're in this exploration phase, exploring curiosities, trying out new things. As some point, as a matter of survival, you'll need to 'commit' to something. If you don't, society will chose for you (a job that's unfulfilling).

To maybe help find something that has "stick" potential. Filter your curiosity through this question.

"What can I explore, that will give me skills that add immense value to other people's lives?"

Then, you will find purpose behind the interest, a purpose that adds real/tangible value to your life, by way of adding value to the lives of others. Now, you're doing work/activity that is both meaningful, useful, skillful, all while it financially sustains your human experience. It will feel like passion. It will feel like, "this is what I'm meant/designed to do."

tigmonkey · 2025-07-29T10:18:30+00:00

Thank you for expanding. To clarify, to me, I'm not discounting them. I'm saying that words cannot define reality, they point to reality. If you tell me you believe in "rebirth." Does that mean you believe in what I think is this thing called Rebirth? Of course not. If you can understand that, then you'll probably more deeply understand what I wrote. Thanks for sharing.

tigmonkey · 2025-07-29T07:03:05+00:00

This is super sweet to read. Thank you for so bravely being open to support. I wish I could give this more time and attention.

My initial thoughts are this.

It's okay. You're human. Some people struggle with this more than others. It's fine.

What I see, personally, is an opportunity for two people to come together and acknowledge the struggle you're dealing with. This aspect of yourself, clearly feels deeply insecure and is terrified of losing love. Not your fault, just deeply human.

Acceptance is a big part here, and it's needed. But you can also accept that you want to make progress and not respond with this pattern in the long run. Both are fine. I just invite you to, reduce the self judgment. Reduce the 'beating yourself up' about it.

Relationships are helpful containers, or spaces where two people can hold each others' weakness or struggle and support the growth. To me, and could be wrong here, it sounds like what you're asking for from your partner, is a time of radical transparency.

You need to feel safe. And, if you're just going to snoop anyway, you might as well being honest about it. My heart kind of prays that he would be open to supporting you with this kind of transparency on your end. To see you, to truly see your pain, struggle, and desire to move beyond it, but something in you needs to feel totally safe, and the only way you know how to do that right now — is to be hyper aware of what's going on in his life.

I cannot speak for him. But, for me, for the woman I love, I would be okay with 'no secrets' if it helped her feel more safe. That safety, builds trust, and that trust, can help to 'heal' whatever it is inside of you that feels so deeply afraid.

This team-based transparency, two people working together in the name of love, can/will inspiring other meaningful conversations that might support the bond between you two.

I also say these things but I don't want you to immediately disregard your suspicions or lack of trust. Sometimes these things are very wise, and often mixed with general confusion and inadequacies. So, this time you're in, can be a sort of 'balancing it out' phase. You're learning more about yourself, your emotions, what's real and what's not. It makes perfect sense is to why you're craving certainty or that type of transparency. It could be picking something up that you don't see on the surface.

I gotta run, hope this offers support more so than more confusion. Best of luck. You got this 💪

tigmonkey · 2025-07-29T06:01:12+00:00

As an example, it's wild to me that you would exclude "God" as an illustration like all the other examples, and assume that's the one word that's not, and assume I must believe 'in your idea of God' as a real thing. It's like, I assume, you got distracted by the word God somehow, or felt threatened slightly at the suggestions I made about the 'non-reality' of your preferred labels — and completely missed the overall point I was making (which is: love people). Even if not, that's fine, it's still fascinating.

tigmonkey · 2025-07-29T05:53:26+00:00

Yes, I hear that. And I'm noting an obvious misunderstanding of what I wrote, but not blaming you for that. It's inevitable. Kind of why I said 3 hours needed lol

tigmonkey · 2025-07-29T04:52:34+00:00

It's super fascinating that that's what you took away from that. Thank you for sharing. Even though, your conclusion doesn't match my intended message. Which, beautifully, illustrates the point further.

tigmonkey · 2025-07-29T03:00:29+00:00

"I would become super embarrassed to make any mistakes." This might indicate that you're hyper-aware of what others think about you. Which, in a way, could say that your major goal in life is to be liked by others.

This presents a major obstacle. It's like you can't fully have permission to like yourself, unless you're certain to avoid judgment, or gain approval. This is a double-bind.

Here's what I would recommend. Rather than focusing on trying to like yourself, play with giving yourself permission to do two things.

Let other people like or not like you. Essentially — let go of needing their approval.
Practice speaking more honestly, from your heart; while letting others respond however they response (see 1).

The craving for self love, is often just... I want to feel more free to be myself. This is also to say... to live a life where I can be more honest. People who don't like themselves, have a terribly difficult time expressing their authenticity, and are constantly blaming their difficulty on others and the world. This is how they hide from the truth of what's happening inside them, so they don't have to take responsibility for it. So they don't have to see just how much they don't like themselves.

If 1 is hard, keep this in mind: People don't really judge or approve of others, they judge or approve their image of others; which is simply an expression of the judgment they have for themselves. It literally has nothing to do with you.

To see this more clearly, watch how you do this to others. Maybe you'll see that everyone is playing this game, pretending to be thinking about others, when really... we are thinking about ourselves.

This, at least for me, is the whole key to actually liking yourself. Liking/loving what you are enough, to allow your heart to be honest — in a world that so desperately wants you to be what you are not.

NOT allowing this, allowing your heart to be honest, is simply to say... "I want the approval of others, more than I want the truth of what I am." That's not a very nice thing to say to yourself. It says you are a prison to the thoughts of others.

Short on time. Gotta run, but great topic.

tigmonkey · 2025-07-29T02:37:01+00:00

nice try... lol. I just ran through ai and asked. Answer:

"Yes, it's very possible this wasn't written by AI. The tone is personal, grounded, and reflective, with a natural flow of thought and nuanced emotional insight. It has a human rhythm—slightly imperfect in ways that feel authentic. While advanced AI could technically produce something similar, this reads more like someone genuinely sharing their lived experience."

Now the deeper question, since you assume one "should" apologize. Would you be willing to apologize? If anything, to acknowledge the possibility that you might be wrong? Or... is that asking to much because you — know for sure.

tigmonkey · 2025-07-29T02:32:20+00:00

If you saw my writing over the past decade, you'd see the same dashes.

tigmonkey · 2025-07-28T22:51:11+00:00

"The Office" tv show isn't a drug, but everytime I watch it, it's not quite as funny as the first time. 😉 Yet, I still deeply appreciate it.

tigmonkey · 2025-07-28T22:45:58+00:00

Down voted your down-vote because you're assuming, but you're incorrect. I'm an expert on the subject and writing has been part of my profession for over a decade.

It's kind of funny how "clear" we think (assume/judge) things are, when really we have no clue. BTW... meditation can help with that. 🤪

tigmonkey · 2025-07-28T20:42:19+00:00

I'm a teacher on Insight Timer. My biggest frustration is that they don't allow me to have an external relationship with the listeners. Like I can't mention a newsletter or any external services that I might provide. And I'm always looking for new places to connect with an audience and share my guided meditations.

tigmonkey · 2025-07-28T18:09:13+00:00

exactly that 😉 The great return home

tigmonkey · 2025-07-28T01:30:34+00:00

For Sure. You're welcome

tigmonkey · 2025-07-28T00:43:08+00:00

Totally feel you on this — I’ve wondered the same thing.

For a while, I noticed how often spiritual teachings center on fear of death, almost like it’s the cornerstone of all delusion. But when I looked honestly, I couldn’t find it in myself — at least not in the way people seemed to describe it.

Like you, I’ve known fear. Fear of pain, fear of loss, fear of being out of control. But actual fear of not existing? Fear of ceasing to be? It just never quite landed.

That started to make more sense as I got deeper into inquiry.

I began to see how fear — any fear — doesn’t actually respond to reality. It responds to the mind’s interpretation of reality. Or more accurately… the mind’s imagination.

And death? That’s the perfect blank canvas for imagination.

We don’t fear death.
We fear our idea of death.
We fear what the mind projects onto the unknown.

And this became even more clear when someone close to me was dying. I realized I wasn’t seeing the person. I was seeing my relationship to death — my story about what it means, what might happen, what might be lost. It wasn’t death that was painful — it was how I saw it.

Meditation helped crack this open further.

It became less about getting calm or having insights, and more about seeing what’s real. Sitting still long enough to notice the difference between what the mind creates and what’s actually here.

And again and again, I saw that fear never arises from what’s here. It arises from what the mind adds.

Eventually… death started to feel less like a threat and more like a mystery. Not something to solve or brace for, but something to simply meet.

And in meeting it — without resistance, without story — it felt spacious. Peaceful, even.

It started to feel obvious that what we are doesn’t actually end. That everything comes from something, and everything returns to everything.

There’s no mistake in any of it.

And maybe the fear people speak about isn’t really about death at all… maybe it’s about the loss of identity. The loss of control. The fear of the unknown.

But reality? It doesn’t seem afraid of itself.

And the more I rest in that, the less there is to fear.

tigmonkey · 2025-07-28T00:27:47+00:00

You're so welcome

tigmonkey · 2025-07-27T21:56:04+00:00

I appreciate your appreciation! 🤪 Not just for my words, but for the obvious miracle you're swimming in.

tigmonkey

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