For the couple months, I have been sitting at the kitchen table when I am at the laptop. Not sure why, but it has been better than on the couch upstairs, as I found myself too distracted there. Tonight though, I am back on the couch and writing from my phone instead, because I don't do it often now and I am getting out of practice. I usually only have to when I am in a pinch or travelling somewhere without a laptop, but it is good to do from time to time because my "voice changes" when I write on the phone.
No, it doesn't get deeper or classier, and I don't have a high British accent, it just changes the way I write. It is because it puts my thoughts in a different environment and that shifts the way I think and express myself. It can also change the way I approach a topic.
A change is as good as a holiday.
Have you heard that saying? It is kind of true, but I think the change has to be something that brings value. Negative change isn't better than a holiday. However, I also think that if we are stick in sone way, we should look to change something. It doesn't have to be drastic like a job or a partner, bit just something that shifts our comfort levels and in so doing, our perspective. When we are comfortable with our situation (even if we don't like it), we become quite blind to what is actually happening.
I asked a question in another article today:
Is there no domain where people won't take the easy way?
I am not sure and yes, it depends on the person, but I feel most people want the easy way in most situations. Even the ones that they enjoy or are good at. People seem to be getting ever lazier, no longer able to pick themselves up to do even the simplest tasks. Automation, robots, AI, pills, larger clothes, makeup, gadgets, apps... The list is endless. Everyone trying to buy the result they want, rather than work for it.
And as said, even when the things might be enjoyable, people will rather take the easier way out, which is why there are so many people who aren't in committed relationships. Even so many who have given up on having sex at all, choosing a screen and an adult toy instead.
I think a lot of people have chosen to put themselves in a bubble of experience where they are comfortable, without considering what they are missing from outside their sphere. And many will justify the bubble life giving a multitude of sensible reasons, which pretty much all bubble down to fear.
Scared if getting hurt.
Scared if someone breaks my heart. Scared if someone says something I don't like. Scared if I see something that makes me uncomfortable. Scared to find out information that shatters my beliefs.
Living life, in fear.
What scares you?
Scared to miss out? Scared to get what you want? Scared that you are wrong, or that others are right? Scared to make a fool of yourself?
Scared that you are irrelevant?
And we are becoming more so. The only real relevance we have in this life is our relationships with others. You can argue all you want about it, but that is what it all boils down to. The less we appear in the lives of others, the less relevant we become. And we are on track to isolate and insulate ourselves from each other completely.
Out of fear.
We fear other people because they have power over us, if we let them have it. They have the power to disrupt our situation, our environment, and then we are forced to change. Then we are forced to shift our perspectives, assumptions, behaviours, beliefs. We'd rather skip the mess and live in a hermetically sealed bubble that has all the comforts we require.
But that bubble doesn't exist.
Eventually, the illusion bursts and reality comes flooding in, and there is nothing we can do to stem the tide. We are forced to face reality, and our own childish attempts to hold back the ocean with our hands. Our attempt to live in a fantasy world, reliant on others to maintain it.
Make yourself relevant.
This doesn't mean get attention. It means to be relevant in people's lives and hopefully, for the positive. Get your hands dirty building family, community, society and break your bubble world.
Who besides you is the most relevant person in your life? Are you the most relevant in someone else's?
Life is easy, unless you keep taking the easy path. Even sitting on the couch can become painful.
Taraz
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