Embrace the unexpected

[unknownpoet]

I'm in a new year. Just yesterday I found this magical place on the internet where you get to share your mind with the entire world. Where you ask and actually get some good answers and meet others that connect with you. It's amazing. Thank you all. I want to give back and to pay it forward to the GAG community.

I've learned some things throughout my life that I think some people here might find useful and therefore this will be the first of a series of mytakes about life and people's minds.

Embrace the unexpected.
Why don't we approach life with more curiosity and tolerance for the unexpected? So many people are stressed out trying to plan their day down to the last minute, trying to squeeze the last bit of productivity and efficiency out of it.

It's just so uninteresting and devoid of surprise. Why is it that most people think that they cannot allow themselves to make mistakes? The desire for efficiency and conformity kills all the creativity and curiosity. It starts off by the society, by our parents and ultimately by ourselves. People start to feel bored and disengaged, hopeless and helpless.

You should not let that happen to yourself. Remind yourself that today is a great day to make a mistake. Embrace it. That's where the learning is. You need to prioritise learning over performance. Until you close your mind to those meaningless external measures of success and focus on what naturally peaks your interest and excitement, you prevent yourself from having those eureka moments and being truly happy.

I can't promise great success but I promise you will have a great life =)

[OrangeBoy]

I was like that, too much into the detais and extreme decisions, then i found out that it wasn't working for me, i would keep failing and depressed.

Then i passes this zone where you are now, you just let flow your innerself because you know yourself a little better, but the thing is, that's the way your brain works. I realized that, while it seems that some people exagerate a lot... the truth is some brains do need to behave like that to feel happy with themselves and get a sense of their world.

I now accept and understand why some people are like that, it's the way they are wired since they born, they would have a specific tendency, may be a control freak, or a hyperactivity, or someone that haaaates caos and needs rigurous order, or love symetrical things, or can't stand unforeseen stuff / unespected problems and goes crazy with any small thing that goes off plans... etc etc etc...

We are really diverse inside our minds, that's why you can't really have a true balanced society on our present days, maybe in the future, not now (and im still to see if that will be more good or bad, it if happens).

I would say, know the other's better and embrace society diversity. But first know where you stand and respect how your brain works.

[helloitsmethere]

That is so true.
I need to show this to my sister.

[unknownpoet]

I wish I could write more. I've a lot more to say. but unfortunately GAG doesn't let me do more than 3 takes

[helloitsmethere]

How come?

[unknownpoet]

xper points and levels

[OlderAndWiser]

It is extremely difficult to let go of the need for order amongst chaos.

[Hans222]

You have a point there, I'm more or less a "planner" myself so maybe I can learn something from this take :D

[Liisjak]

Because Entropy.