Why People Can't Keep Going—Break Point 2: Load Break—

When you first start an action, you keep it up.

However, at some point, it suddenly becomes heavy.

You get tired.
It takes time.
It becomes a hassle.

Even though you know the meaning of doing it, for some reason, you stop.

What is happening at this time is
a "load break."

The meaning of the word "load"

The "load" referred to here
includes things like the following, for example.

・Physical fatigue
・Time cost
・Psychological friction

You get tired.
It takes time.
It becomes a hassle.

In other words, an action always incurs
real coststhat occur.

And when this cost exceeds a certain line,
people stop the action.

I call this
a "load break."

Structure, not ability

What is important here is
that this is not a problem of ability.

Actions always generate a load.

And the load increases the more you continue.

In other words, people stop
not because their will is weak, but
because of the structure of the load.

Many stop "just before habituation"

There is one characteristic
to places where load breaks are likely to occur.

That is
just before habituation.

Immediately after starting an action, it is actually easier to continue.
This is because it is still fresh and the burden is still small.

However, as you continue,
the action begins to involve real costs.

It gets tiring.
It takes time.
It becomes a hassle.

Even so, it has not yet reached
a kind of zone-like
enjoyablehabit.

Just before thishabituation,
many actions stop.

The same thing happens in human relationships

This is the same in human relationships.

For example, you receive a request for advice from someone.

At first, you can listen naturally.
You think you want to be helpful to the other person.

However, the number of times increases.

The time spent thinking about replies also increases.
The amount of consideration required also increases.

Then, from a certain point on,
you get tired just thinking about replying.

It is not that you have come to dislike them.
It still has meaning.

Even so,
you end up keeping a little distance.

What is happening here is
precisely "load discontinuity".

The structure of breaking points

In places where people's actions stop,
there are severalbreaking points.

In the previous article,
I covered "meaning discontinuity."

▼ Click here for the article on meaning discontinuity

Meaning discontinuity
occurs when the meaning of an action can no longer be seen.

In contrast, load discontinuity is when
action stops even if there is meaning.

This happens when the weight of real-world costs
exceeds the connection of thought.

Even so, people stop.

However, the reason people stop
is not just this.

✔ There is meaning.
✔ You are able to withstand the load.

Even then, people waver and come to a halt.

That is where
another point of discontinuity appears.

That is
"uncertainty discontinuity."

Next time,
I will delve into
the theme of this "uncertainty discontinuity."

▼ Click here for the article on uncertainty discontinuity

Layer 1: Stagnation Thinking
Layer 2: Resolution Thinking
Layer 3: Connection Thinking

The already posted
Three-Layer Thinking Model

explains the structure where thinking starts moving (or trains thinking)
and connects it to reality.

However,
the actions connected to it do not necessarily continue.

Thinking moves.

But people stop along the way.

Right now, I am
observing the phenomena that inevitably exist
beyond the Three-Layer Thinking Model,
those stopping points
"discontinuity points."

▼ Click here for the article organizing the structure where thinking stops: "Discontinuity Points"

The Three-Layer Thinking Model is
not a completed theory.

It is an ongoing model
for observing thinking.

▼ Overall structure of the Three-Layer Thinking Model: "Complete Table of Contents"

Think together with me, and
I want you to witness that process with me.