late bird behaviour.
we must have been very poor in the good old times. seems my parents couldn't even afford pants for me. one thing hasn't changed though: i like to stay in bed. just ask my colleagues - i hardly arrive before 9.30 am in the office.
1st abstract concepts.
than i was obviously promoted to a pants-wearer. here i execute a playful yet highly professional analysis of my limited personal world leading to the first abstract concept:'there's me and a round grain of sand. the other people are bigger than myself so there is a bigger grain of sand. let's assume the big grain of sand is called 'world'.
the single grain of sand is round. the bigger people look like myself. so the big grain of sand is round, too.
result: the world is round. that was easy. too bad i can't write yet. otherwise i'd document it and call myself 'concept det'.
later i started to ask more philosophical and more abstract (even that is possible) questions:
- 'is there a life after death ?' - that's following the conventional way. that's a bit boring.
- 'is there a life before death ? - that's breaking with the conventions and following your own way. that's interesting.
- 'was there a life before death ?' - that's confusing the others and making them believe you have lost the way. that's funny. if you make it a profession you call it consulting.
the single grain of sand is round. the bigger people look like myself. so the big grain of sand is round, too.
result: the world is round. that was easy. too bad i can't write yet. otherwise i'd document it and call myself 'concept det'.
later i started to ask more philosophical and more abstract (even that is possible) questions:
- 'is there a life after death ?' - that's following the conventional way. that's a bit boring.
- 'is there a life before death ? - that's breaking with the conventions and following your own way. that's interesting.
- 'was there a life before death ?' - that's confusing the others and making them believe you have lost the way. that's funny. if you make it a profession you call it consulting.
chocoholism.
here's the very first and subtly visible stage of a gourmand behaviour. it came out only many years later. at that time my parents were worried i'd starve as i was a very poor eater. except for nutella and chocolate. see, it's their fault that i'm a chocoholic.