12-06-2011, 06:20 AM
I actually don't subscribe to the "automated response" school of thought. I believe in staying in the moment, so whenever I perform tasks that are usually considered mundane or ones I have done all my life, I am trying to do them better each time..whether it be rolling out of bed, indexing my hand on my concealed pistol, or doing sweep arpeggios across 4 octaves on a 7-string guitar. Like martial arts, staying in the moment and being open to what comes next as a series of quick chess moves available to you is how I look at gross and fine motor skills that comprise complex tasks.
If I am performing them thoughtlessly, I'm usually not reaching my goals, and missing something. I find this to be common when a shot group opens up to .75 or .8 MOA at the range, when I know the system will shoot under 1/2 MOA. If you're exactly focused at the moment of truth when the shot breaks, and the crosshairs are dead-on, the group tightens. It requires a lot of mental focus that takes more energy than many other common tasks, because of the precision required, while holding the sight picture centered as perfectly as possible.
If I am performing them thoughtlessly, I'm usually not reaching my goals, and missing something. I find this to be common when a shot group opens up to .75 or .8 MOA at the range, when I know the system will shoot under 1/2 MOA. If you're exactly focused at the moment of truth when the shot breaks, and the crosshairs are dead-on, the group tightens. It requires a lot of mental focus that takes more energy than many other common tasks, because of the precision required, while holding the sight picture centered as perfectly as possible.