One Apple A Day #686 - Bring on the mess
Sometimes life is messy. Looking at my experience, I should probably say "most of the time". There is natural messiness in the world and in human beings. And it can be scary. This mess is what makes things unpredictable, and our brain doesn't like unpredictability. As an efficient prediction machine, the human brain is continuously ingesting and analyzing information from the surrounding to infer what will happen next.
I realized how much energy I spent trying to figure out things, to find the right place for all the pieces. To create a reasonable order so I can make sense of things and give peace to my rational mind.
Sometimes it's a fascinating and rewarding process. I love when I can create a frame through which I can read reality and act on my understanding. It's like finding a map so I can go straight to the treasure.
Other times, however, it is exhausting. It becomes an endless effort to fit everything until I reach a point when I even forget what I was trying o achieve and why. In the meanwhile, I'm not doing any step forward.
So, I've decided to embrace the mess. Once we accept that life is messy and we can't figure out everything in advance, we can move forward and maybe discover treasures that we didn't know exist.
So, bring on the mess and let's have fun.
"Randomness is not just inevitable; it is part of the beauty of life." - Ed Catmull