Lost in Weeds
Being lost in weeds is a bit like not seeing the forest for the trees, but not quite. When you’re not seeing the forest for the trees, you are at least seeing the elements, but you’re missing the big picture. When you’re lost in weeds, there’s no big picture at all. The thing you’re lost in is banal.
Not seeing the big picture and being lost in small, unimportant details are patterns. “Not seeing the forest for the trees” and “being lost in weeds” are keywords that point to those patterns. They explain the whole structure in an instant.
Each keyword already contains the solution to its pattern. If you don’t see the forest for the trees, you need to take a step back to see the larger picture. If you’re lost in weeds, you need to get out of them entirely.
Obviously, no one misses the forest for the trees or gets lost in weeds because they want to. The pattern and the keyword reveal the solution exist, and that it’s pretty simple, but also hard to see on your own. Why? Because seeing the forest, and seeing the weeds, is very difficult from inside of them.
I'm Agata. I catch, name, show, and train patterns for a living.
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