0003: Finding Your Edge

Everyone has one, you use it all the time. You especially know when you are not using it, but might not pay attention. Your edge is when you feel your actions cutting. You mind sharper, your thoughts focused. 

You’ve lost your edge, or you’ve never found it and honed it.

First find absence of edge, when do you not cut? When do you feel like you are pushing, unfocused, bogged down. Write this down. every time you feel this, write down where your edge isnt.

An example could be going to bed early, talking with people in social situations, math. Find these feelings, and write them down.

These should be extremely easy…. But random guy on the internet! I already know my edge. I’m really good at blah blah blah.

Possible it’s your edge, but not likely, go deeper

YOU DON’T HAVE TO ENJOY YOUR EDGE

Unfortunately your edge might be something you don’t enjoy

You have no idea what your edge is

You are confusing what you are good at, with what your edge is. Your edge is flow, it’s focus, it’s loss of self. You are good at a bunch of shit that isn’t your edge.

HONING YOUR EDGE

I have no idea how to find your edge.

But I can give you hints on where it’s not, now honing it. That’s something else. If you have actually found your edge, honing it will probably be the most rewarding thing you have ever done. It will consume your life, and once your edge is honed, you will be able to use it to cut anything. Take out all the bumps you feel when using it, if you feel friction at certain parts focus on those. Are they part of your edge? If not. Destroy them, if so. Gently nudge them in line. Once you are honed your edge will cut smoothly but not sharply. Right now you are only thinking about the consistency of use. Not how easy.

SHARP

Once you home the blade for consistent use and feel you can work on sharpening. This will feel like a reduction in viscosity. Instead of cutting honey you will be cutting milk. Then water. Then air. Then nothing. If you constantly hone and sharpen your blade using it will feel like nothing. It will become part of you and all of your actions. You will physically and mentally feel yourself using it at all times.

Next post I’ll talk about my edge

Find your edge, center it.