The older we get, doing something for the time can become stagnant.
We have to intentionally put ourselves in situations where we are uncomfortable. Where we don’t know what we are doing.
Difficult when we haven’t been in that space since a kid riding a bike.
The older you get the more you can see the unequal distribution of suffering. And so you say to yourself at least I don’t have it as bad as that person. While we still need to make great strides in resource management, we also learn that the human problem in all this is when we do it together, all things are possible to endure.
When it’s gone, it is gone. You can’t get it back. Whether it is time or money. You’ve spent it. Too often, we go down a road because of one decision we made in the past. The thing is we can go forward without the baggage of what was spent. More times than not, it is better to go forward without the consideration of what was spent to get here.
Is the people around us. That’s it.
In the cult classic movie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Matthew Broderick skips school to have an epic day. Meanwhile, his principal Ed Rooney, played magnificently by Jeffery Jones, chases Ferris hoping to catch him in the act. Except Rooney is also shirking his responsibilities to chase his nemesis. One is having the time of his life while the other is on a rampage.
Makes you think of one’s use of their time.
In our modern world, we talk about the default setting of capitalism as a problem that can be solved. Need a hole to hang a picture? Here is a hammer. It comes from a scarcity mindset that we lack something and the market place will help.
However, this infiltrates our human psyches. We think that our lives can be as efficient as a factory. But this isn’t possible.
If we feel lust, we can pay for sex but in the end we are still left feeling lustful again. The same can be said when we feel alone, we look for friends but at the end of the day we are still left feeling lonely. Same goes for our stomachs, the way we use our time, energy…
What I am getting at is that we can’t solve the human problems and challenges with the market place. At best, it forces to interact with them.
Perfection is in the process. Not on the result.
There’s a huge emphasis that effort leads to results. But that isn’t true. Effort can certainly lead to the desired results. The gym is an example of this. But often, things just work out. You’re in line for a promotion because of seniority or perhaps you have a near miss on the highway because of someone else’s actions.
Effort is important but it isn’t the only factor that gets you to the places you want to go. Biology, social economics, environment, personal choices, beliefs…the problem is when we reach an achievement and recognize the hard work behind it, we also tend to try think the reason that someone hasn’t achieved success if an effort problem.
In a finite world, what you haven’t isn’t a signal of what you posses but what you don’t. In a finite world, we are counting what is available.
Social media has made us possessive. As a constant reminder of what we are lacking, we tend to hold tighter to what we do have.
Isaac Asimov wrote over 400 books in his lifetime. How?
He didn’t have Chat GPT, the internet, or a laptop. He sat down and typed. Every day.
By the time he was done, he had a large body of work.
One day at a time. It starts now.
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