Self-management - Acknowledging and engaging with "the problem"

Where do I start? Let's begin with my not knowing where to start.

I know that sounds a bit odd, but one of the smartest essays I've ever read in my own field focuses on the simple fact that personal change requires beginning from where you are actually are, and knowing where that is, psychologically, is not a given. It is actually a challenging problem, and a central problem in psycotherapy.

In presenting this section of my personal website, I am action on an idea that intrigues me. I think it will also intrigue other people - at least some of them. But, it will take a while to find the words to outline this idea. For now, let me simply say that it has to do with the general question of what to do next.

That sounds quite specific to this moment in time, but it is actually a hint about the real problem, which has been called "the problem of existence" in philosophy. As such, it is likely not something with which most people are familiar - not as a subject of thought. That they are familiar with it as an experience as a fact is beyond question. (One can be intimately familiar with bacteria while at same time having no such concept, no formal knowledge or even an awareness of their existence.)