So, tip number two from A Beautiful Mess is to not feel you need to do it all.
This is definitely a problem I struggle with. I have so many interests and like writing about so many things that my blog could be a mess. But part of my craft is also writing, which shouldn't be confined to just crafting. So, partially inspired by Little Chief Honeybee's "Honest to Blog" feature, i plan to write weekly over something I think about. It will mostly be about creativity and writing and struggles and successes, but I can't promise it always will be. Because I am a writer, who is creative. So that should be foremost in my re-envisioning of my ventures.
So without further ado, here is Things I Think About number one.
I was reading an article about the "10 Things Most Americans Don't Know About America" Brutally honest, yes, but he does it in the way brutally honest with someone you love.
The one that really struck me was about how Americans confuse comfort with happiness. This probably sums up my biggest problem with my life right now. Let me start by saying my life doesn't often have things I consider problems. But this is a problem.
I am happy when I am busy. I know this inside and out. And in school, being busy came naturally to me. I was involved in music, in theater, in jobs. At home, living with my parents, it does not. And I try to be busier, but home is comfortable. It has my comfy sofa, and comfy Nintendo games, and comfy internet distractions.
But when I'm busy, I feel true happiness at my accomplishments, I love that I get more done, and though there are more stressors, unless I have overloaded myself with busy, I actually have fewer anxiety problems than when I am comfortable. Comfort does not give me that -- which was part of this article's point, or the part of the point that applied to me. The other part about traveling and seeing things that challenge your viewpoints is a large part of my happiness too. But that is not the part that is imminently relevant.
Happiness isn't easy. It takes work to maintain, to fill your life up to the point where you transcend comfort. And its something I need to work on (especially with my mother's not so subtle attempts at "launching" me). Its more work than you'd think, finding things to do and keep you inspired. But I know its worth it not to fall into the comfort rut.
I am happy to report I have been busy this last week. I worked a lot, crafted a lot, and the two days where I did relatively nothing were actually a little strange-feeling. So progress made :)
Gold Star to the busy bees
