I hate the feeling of being accommodated. I am so used to living alone that I go about my ways without really thinking if they are "normal" by ordinary human standards. It is only when I get a brush with these standards that I realize that I am functioning at a level others would consider depriving, disciplined, or weird.
Am I an inconvenience? Or am I being inconvenienced? If I sneak out of the hotel room to do my daily walks, will they mind? If I am still in my fasting period, am I a KJ if I tell them to go ahead and eat without me? If I talk about personal finance and books I have read, am I being a showoff? If I propose to spend more money to save on time, will I be considered out-of-touch?
"If you wish to improve, be content to appear clueless or stupid in extraneous matters." -- Epictetus
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