Recalibration
There are certain big events in life that can set us back on our heels, bring us down to our knees, make us reconsider the direction of our lives or call for a complete reset. Here are a few – broken relationship, loss, accident, redundancy or retirement. When we embark on a new relationship or obtain a new job, adjustments and calculations need to be made to the allocation of limited time, effort and finances. A similar process happens with these ‘life turning points’. We may need to rethink our goals, abandoning some that seem out of date, revising others or setting ourselves new aspirations. Machines and instruments need careful initial calibration as well as occasional recalibration. Bodies and minds can sometimes need this too. Crises don’t only come in midlife. What was the last big event that caused you to have a recalibration and how are you doing since? Clouds are continually forming and reforming with the changing meteorological conditions. There is even such a thing as ‘Recalibration of Neural Networks for Point Cloud Analysis’ used in research to help with the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease! What shape are your clouds and can you spot any recalibration going on?
- ‘Sometimes in order for change to be made in a positive fashion, we must force ourselves to look unblinkingly at painful realities and re-evaluate’ – Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman