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Oftentimes we feel like we aren’t doing enough with our days. We’re anxious to be busy and productive and get things done. Productivity and organization have become a societal obsession and media pushes us to constantly believe we need to be doing more. Everywhere you look online you can find “4 tips to organizing your day” or “make the most of your mornings with these simple tricks.” In the hustle of trying to jam pack our days and “make the most of it” we are losing our primal need for the unplanned.
Business Insider posed the dilemma thusly, 'If we spend all our time obsessing over how to use every moment to its maximum capacity, we eliminate space for spontaneity, creativity, change, and leisure—the things that make life worth living.' Perhaps we should be seizing the day in the original “carpe diem” style of doing what you want in the moment. We are so enamoured with being organised human beings that we are losing our freedom of inactivity and impulsiveness.
While not all impulses are worth pursuing, we don’t want to become a race so interested in structure that we lose our ability to truly live. Jeremy Glass said it best with, "We can’t jump off bridges anymore because our iPhones will get ruined. We can’t take skinny dips in the ocean, because there’s no service on the beach and adventures aren’t real unless they’re on Instagram.” As a whole we are extremely reliant on technology and it has transformed the way we live. It has made it easier than ever to have your life seemingly together, with tons of apps and access to articles and news every minute of the day, but it has also diminished our ability to enjoy uncertainty.
We should be organised, get things done on time, aim for success and try to be productive, but not every hour of every day. Instead of focusing on ways to make you get things done more efficiently, try figuring out little ways to enjoy your day more. Grab that morning coffee and give yourself the extra time sip it in peace or finally try that salsa dancing class you’ve been dying to do. Relinquish your need for a controlled schedule and leave room for the unplanned to allow yourself to make some unusual and unproductive choices. Our freedom is tied to our happiness and we need to let ourselves feel it.
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Jan 19, 2018
the power of disorganised moments
Oftentimes we feel like we aren’t doing enough with our days. We’re anxious to be busy and productive and get things done. Productivity and organization have become a societal obsession and media pushes us to constantly believe we need to be doing more. Everywhere you look online you can find “4 tips to organizing your day” or “make the most of your mornings with these simple tricks.” In the hustle of trying to jam pack our days and “make the most of it” we are losing our primal need for the unplanned.
Business Insider posed the dilemma thusly, 'If we spend all our time obsessing over how to use every moment to its maximum capacity, we eliminate space for spontaneity, creativity, change, and leisure—the things that make life worth living.' Perhaps we should be seizing the day in the original “carpe diem” style of doing what you want in the moment. We are so enamoured with being organised human beings that we are losing our freedom of inactivity and impulsiveness.
While not all impulses are worth pursuing, we don’t want to become a race so interested in structure that we lose our ability to truly live. Jeremy Glass said it best with, "We can’t jump off bridges anymore because our iPhones will get ruined. We can’t take skinny dips in the ocean, because there’s no service on the beach and adventures aren’t real unless they’re on Instagram.” As a whole we are extremely reliant on technology and it has transformed the way we live. It has made it easier than ever to have your life seemingly together, with tons of apps and access to articles and news every minute of the day, but it has also diminished our ability to enjoy uncertainty.
We should be organised, get things done on time, aim for success and try to be productive, but not every hour of every day. Instead of focusing on ways to make you get things done more efficiently, try figuring out little ways to enjoy your day more. Grab that morning coffee and give yourself the extra time sip it in peace or finally try that salsa dancing class you’ve been dying to do. Relinquish your need for a controlled schedule and leave room for the unplanned to allow yourself to make some unusual and unproductive choices. Our freedom is tied to our happiness and we need to let ourselves feel it.
If you enjoyed this journal post, feel free to share with our ready-to-go tweet.
