Feedback Revisited

Attention to feedback, to what your senses are telling you about what’s happening while you’re moving your arms and legs around, trying to get something done, is the difference between simply following a procedure and mindfully engaging with it.

Sometimes I just want to do the steps and be done. Sometimes I take more enjoyment in observing and feeling the process on the way to the desired result. I suppose with some things I don’t even care about the outcome, I just want to experience the feel of it. The sensations alone are enough.

In any case, the real effort doesn't seem to be in executing each step—it's in paying attention to the feedback and making adjustments as you go. There is real work in both concentrating on the incoming information, which may be quite subtle, and then adapting to it.