#wetikohabitus — Public Fediverse posts

Creation doesn’t begin with inspiration — it begins with questioning.

Myles points to the part we often skip: before anything new can take shape, we have to interrupt the habits we’ve stopped examining. Wetiko hides in the unquestioned — in the reflexes that feel natural but aren’t actually ours.

The work is small and steady:
Pause.
Ask the real questions.
Let something different begin.

#LifeboatAcademy #WetikoHabitus #AutumnAir #QuestionEverything

In a culture shaped by wetiko, it’s easy to make everything personal — every sting, every limit, every discomfort.

Pratchett offers a needed correction:
Personal isn’t the same as important.

Not every reaction is guidance.
Not every feeling needs a narrative.
Some things simply need a breath and room to pass through.

This is part of growing our collective maturity: knowing when to engage and when to let it go.

#LifeboatAcademy #WetikoHabitus #AutumnAir #PerspectiveShift #terrypratchett

Wetiko lives where excess begins — the moment a feeling tips into “more” and becomes a way to avoid what’s real.
Power, comfort, ego, ambition, anger — none of it is wrong, until we reach for it to numb instead of feel.

Excess becomes poison when it helps us escape ourselves.

The practice isn’t glamorous:
Notice the extra.
Feel the itch.
Choose what steadies, not what soothes.

This is how we break the cycle.

#WetikoHabitus #Enoughness #LifeboatAcademy #CollectiveMaturity

Wetiko lives where excess begins — the moment a feeling tips into “more” and becomes a way to avoid what’s real.
Power, comfort, ego, ambition, anger — none of it is wrong, until we reach for it to numb instead of feel.

Excess becomes poison when it helps us escape ourselves.

The practice isn’t glamorous:
Notice the extra.
Feel the itch.
Choose what steadies, not what soothes.

This is how we break the cycle.

#WetikoHabitus #Enoughness #LifeboatAcademy #CollectiveMaturity

Wetiko lives where excess begins — the moment a feeling tips into “more” and becomes a way to avoid what’s real.
Power, comfort, ego, ambition, anger — none of it is wrong, until we reach for it to numb instead of feel.

Excess becomes poison when it helps us escape ourselves.

The practice isn’t glamorous:
Notice the extra.
Feel the itch.
Choose what steadies, not what soothes.

This is how we break the cycle.

#WetikoHabitus #Enoughness #LifeboatAcademy #CollectiveMaturity

Wetiko lives where excess begins — the moment a feeling tips into “more” and becomes a way to avoid what’s real.
Power, comfort, ego, ambition, anger — none of it is wrong, until we reach for it to numb instead of feel.

Excess becomes poison when it helps us escape ourselves.

The practice isn’t glamorous:
Notice the extra.
Feel the itch.
Choose what steadies, not what soothes.

This is how we break the cycle.

#WetikoHabitus #Enoughness #LifeboatAcademy #CollectiveMaturity

Wetiko is the itch beneath our crises — the reflex that says avoid, numb, repeat.
Inspired by Indigenous teachings on wetiko, Ben uses the term for the habitus that convinces us discomfort is danger and repetition is safety.

It lives close to the skin.
We feel it before we think it.

The work is this:
Pause. Feel the itch. Don’t scratch.
Let something different take root.

#WetikoHabitus #LifeboatAcademy #CollectiveMaturity

https://emotusoperandi.medium.com/the-wetiko-habitus-e016487325c6