One Apple A Day #569 - Mess things up
Have you ever get to work and then realise that you don't remember the journey? I did. It's a weird feeling to park the car and realise that I don't remember driving there. It also a proof of the incredible ability of our mind and body to create efficiency. Our mind creates patterns or habits to process things automatically and filter out the noise. Our lives are full of habits, of a lot of them we may not be even aware. But they are vital. Without these patterns and filters, we would be overwhelmed by the amount of input flooding our senses and, in the end, stuck.
It is the upside of habits; we can do things without thinking. But there's a risk. You get used to doing things a certain way and stop paying attention. Efficiency can get in the way of growth and creativity.
That's why we should mess things up every now and then. When we feel stuck, it may be because of our patterns and filters making us see and do things the same way we always did. Messing things up and creating some chaos forces our mind to reassess reality, to find new meanings and to discover new connections.
And once you've created mess and chaos, make them matter.
Make my messes matter. Make this chaos count. Let every little fracture in me Shatter out loud. — from Jupiter by Sleeping At Last
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVHrHruONO8