Magnus' journal

[Shannon]

Stage 2? Or Stage 3? That sort of thing happens during the jerk stages. The jerk stage is after we have given up holding on to being beta, and where we are just starting to learn how to assert ourselves, our presence and space for the first time. It takes some time to figure out what is too far and what isn't far enough. Naturally, we tend to go too far at first, and of course it is the equilibrium between two extremes that achieves the desired balance. That is part of why the jerk stage is necessary.

Of course there's also something to be said for self awareness during the jerk stage, and consciously recognizing when it has gone far enough.