Assignment #5 Writing Your Life: December 2005
Assignment #5 Neil B.
My level of commitment to developing my imagination is fairly low. This is true in spite of it being inevitable for me. Not everyone is committed to developing their imagination. However, for me, it ultimately is unavoidable. Not as a burden but more like it is my nature to do so. I enjoy being creative and using my imagination to envision how some things could be different, whether it is my home, garden or how I live my life. I just wish that my commitment to developing my imagination was a greater priority for me.
I often feel like I don’t have the luxury of time to devote to developing my imagination or the creative part of my life. Too often I feel that it is more important to focus my energy and attention on the practical and mundane tasks of laundry, grocery shopping, taking care of my pets, going to work, paying bills, car maintenance, etc. To the contrary, being creative with those tasks can make them less tedious. I want to know how I can feel more free to live more creatively and have less importance on being practical or efficient. I need a better balance between efficiency and fun. Why be efficient at “work” if I don’t use the remaining time to decompress and play? Currently, I tend to rush through chores to have some free time. But I use that free time to do more chores instead of playing with the other part of my brain. It is as if I place more value on what is predictable and practical with less value on experimentation and play. That is how I get into deep ruts and feel trapped or destined to the mundane. I have the ability to switch my value from mundane to play but fail to do so because of a deep rooted fear that I will be wasting valuable time. Actually, the time is mine and I am not using it in a way that pleases me very much. Just because I am approaching something from the perspective of “play” does not mean that I am wasting time or taking any more time to do the mundane tasks of everyday living. Ironically, I could get the chores done and better enjoy the time. That can make time seemed compressed or to go by more quickly. So, having a greater commitment to developing my imagination makes sense that I would enjoy more of my time and still get the practical chores accomplished. But, like so many other things in life, knowing it and doing it seem to be separate realities.
My level of commitment to developing my imagination is fairly low. This is true in spite of it being inevitable for me. Not everyone is committed to developing their imagination. However, for me, it ultimately is unavoidable. Not as a burden but more like it is my nature to do so. I enjoy being creative and using my imagination to envision how some things could be different, whether it is my home, garden or how I live my life. I just wish that my commitment to developing my imagination was a greater priority for me.
I often feel like I don’t have the luxury of time to devote to developing my imagination or the creative part of my life. Too often I feel that it is more important to focus my energy and attention on the practical and mundane tasks of laundry, grocery shopping, taking care of my pets, going to work, paying bills, car maintenance, etc. To the contrary, being creative with those tasks can make them less tedious. I want to know how I can feel more free to live more creatively and have less importance on being practical or efficient. I need a better balance between efficiency and fun. Why be efficient at “work” if I don’t use the remaining time to decompress and play? Currently, I tend to rush through chores to have some free time. But I use that free time to do more chores instead of playing with the other part of my brain. It is as if I place more value on what is predictable and practical with less value on experimentation and play. That is how I get into deep ruts and feel trapped or destined to the mundane. I have the ability to switch my value from mundane to play but fail to do so because of a deep rooted fear that I will be wasting valuable time. Actually, the time is mine and I am not using it in a way that pleases me very much. Just because I am approaching something from the perspective of “play” does not mean that I am wasting time or taking any more time to do the mundane tasks of everyday living. Ironically, I could get the chores done and better enjoy the time. That can make time seemed compressed or to go by more quickly. So, having a greater commitment to developing my imagination makes sense that I would enjoy more of my time and still get the practical chores accomplished. But, like so many other things in life, knowing it and doing it seem to be separate realities.
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