I heard an interview on NPR awhile back. Some author was talking about the importance of making time to do nothing. (I think the book is called The Art of Doing Nothing.) How we are caught up with doing all these things... way to fast. With little time to stop, enjoy, even breath.
In a world where things happen with a click of a button. Instant transactions and instant gratification, things happening fast is just a reality. For many it seems the pause button has been lost... I however am not one of those people.
I'm convinced that I live and work on the other side of the continuum. I am slow, deliberate, and sometimes I can suffocate myself and others with my inaction.... I brew and stew. Thoughts clogging up my ability to reason. My mom said notably and very recently, that I need to get better at handling life. I am not a doer... (as one of my good friends calls herself.) I was the baby who waited 3 weeks past her due date to finally make an entrance to this world.
I am good when there are expectations. I don't get so lost in the choices. In fact I am a master at living up to and into expectations... even if I wait until the very last minute possible to start. Without them I am.... I can be....
The reality is: I need to get better at motivating MYSELF into action.
Seriously.
The difference between how I CHOSE to spend my time today and what the author is talking about:
is doing nothing with a purpose vs. doing nothing because of lack of self motivation.
Today I did nothing... and that isn't good enough.
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