One could spend endless amounts of time spinning webs, making extra work for oneself and not really living. I can best illustrate this idea with a short vignette. A family friend of mine once showed me several paint samples, there were about 5 different shades of gray, of all colors....or should I say noncolor?. She was going to repaint her living room and wanted my opinion on which shade to choose. First, to me, her house already looked amazing, but there was always a home project on the back burner. No amount of repair was ever enough. One could spend endless hours running on a spinning wheel and going nowhere, like a hamster. I recently read a story about a brain study that proved that in order to function at its best, the brain sifts out information to let go of, to forget about. So while most people might think the more info we have inside our brains the more efficient our brains are, recent studies actually prove otherwise. I can only assume, it is the same with life; the more crap we spin the less time we have for the stuff that really matters. As a young teen I worked for a wealthy elderly couple cleaning their home. The two of them lived in a nine bedroom house, NINE! Whether they had guests or not, my job was to vacuum and dust every room, whether it was occupied or not. We too do that in life. We think more is better and then only after we have been carrying the "more" for some time do we realize that more also means more work, more responsibility, more time, more effort spent on ridiculous activities that take us nowhere. I have compiled a list of what I think are absolutely wasteful activities that do nothing but suck our time. You don't need to agree, but to me these are true....and heck, it's my blog....LOL
1. Car wash! Seriously!! you need to pay to have someone wash your car? I am 43 and have yet to get my car washed.
2. Folding t-shirts.....come on! go have fun outside! stuff that shit in a drawer and go write a story or something.
3. Pay someone to do your eyebrows.....nonsense, YOUTUBE!!!
4. Pay someone for a pedicure, again, nonsense......YOUTUBE!
5. Leaf blowing- I cannot think of a more stupid activity----rake that shit up....get a great core workout and have compost for the next year all at once.
6. Have too much junk? get a ton of black trash bags and donate to Goodwill....consider it your 10% tithe. Don't waste time trying to sell it online....just donate and clear your home of extra stuff. You will feel great and have tons of extra time. Why black trash bags? so that in the process of cleaning you won't revisit what you are giving away and reconsider and take it back into your home....
7. Shopping...the high of shopping for most lasts about 1 day and then you want something else, a vicious cycle. Recognize it.
8. Video Games- you got 1,000 points! Yeah! but in fact you are not doing shit....do real shit....save real lives, inspire others.....
9. Social media- only share what you do.....don't sit there pining someone else's life.
10. Need your kitchen redone? NOPE, you don't, go outside and have fun. if it's functional, it's all good.
And here, a list of things to help you enjoy life.....
1. Get outside!!!!
2. Garden- have no plot? get a plot at a local community garden
3. Carry a book/magazine everywhere you go
4. Carry a notebook everywhere you go...ideas go as fast as they come, catch them in your notebook.
5. ONLY listen yo music you like, forget what others think of it...life is too short.
6. Walk outdoors barefoot.....who cares what idiots think of you...
7. When it rains, go out and walk in it
8. Find where your local trails are---walk them, know them.
9. Adopt a pet you can pet.....(please adopt a rescue)
10. Get up before everyone at your house....it's magical!
11. Learn how to make your own tea....
12. If you watch TV/movies only watch things that make you laugh or inspires you
13. Write a letter and send it......you might just a get a response...
14. Plan an adventure/challenge that scares the shit out of you (like a race or a long hike)
15. Take a class.....anything....learning can be quite inspirational
16. Learn how to play an instrument
17. Sweat.....a lot.
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