Cycles & lifecycles

It started with thinking about how to balance the latest urgent and importnat tasks (and not Iasm writing, as it is important to me to clear up my mind, to be able to concentrate on the urgent things later... this night/morning).

I was wondering which of the blogs to post to and the decision cycle kicked in:
- Is it worth doing it? Can I change/use it or shall I accept 'no change' ? [see * below] - Is it relevant to this group? (Shall I post it?)
- How much level of detail is needed & how much time I can afford to spend on providing the content? (Sadly, the time is often exceeded, and the quality of the final product is only 80% of the desired perfect version)
- Shall I do it NOW, or postpone it for later and spend the time on a more important/urgent task?

Then it was the turn of my typical workflow & development cycle:
Act, reflect and move on to the next act enriched by the experience of the previous...and staying positive because of the learning that has taken place. (yes, it reminds of Kolb's lifecycle)

Still, often it is not so easy to stay positive and the emotions cycle is in full force:
I started trying to formalise this cycle: curiousity, confusion, frustration, exhaustion, or excitement... It did not look right; reminded me of Kübler-Ross's grief cycle, but had a positive start and then I found this model of the Market Emotions cycle, which helped me with this task (I had to think of a context to test whether it is 'correct': i.e. when I pilot/test a new web tool or gadget). And here is my emotions cycle:
- Curiosity;
- Thrill/Excitement;
- Euphoria/Anxiety;
- Recognition of reality;
- Desperation/Satisfaction;
- Despondency/Relief;
- Urge to talk about the findings, the impressions and the feelings in search of conceptualisation of the value of the 'object of my affection';
- Quiet observation (depression?hope?Optimism ?);
- Acceptance;
- Satisfaction with the ooportunity to test object and self.

I wish I had more time to find what theory is available on these cycles... [Action point]

And through this journey throught the cycles, here is what else was 'discovered' :

* I did not know that the prayer to have "the serenity to accept the things you cannot change, the courage to challenge those you can, and the wisdom to know the difference" is attributed to Reinhold Niebuhr? I thought it's much older than 1934...

** some beautiful thoughts on human curiosity and ingenuity required to go through the lifecycle experiences (heroic qualities? :-) ).
"Some of the transcendent qualities that underline scientific inquiry become focal: curiosity to know just for knowing’s sake, knowledge sought regardless of its utility, and ingenuity and persistence in the search".