Life in chaos: catch good luck for a tail
Productivity Motivation / / December 19, 2019
After reading a post by Leo Babauta about life in chaos, and the illusion of control, I thought about how much time people spend on something to work (and some live) clearly on the plan. In this post, Leo is very clearly describes all the positive and negative aspects of working and living in chaos, and why control is an illusion.
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Frankly, I have never been able to live and work precisely according to plan. Perhaps this is due to my character... and a little laziness. Or maybe it's because of the fact that the work I have almost always been associated with the work in its various manifestations. If my mother thought that the mess on the table and work as it is simply impossible, for me everything was in place and was always at hand. Anyway, I'm not the only one, and my attempts yet led to live well according to the established plan to small successes - I carried out all the tasks within the established time frame. On this success came to an end.
Before I read a post by Leo Babauta «Living with Chaos», I thought much about how I work, and why I do it that way. After reading, I realized that my version is not really so bad. Most importantly - learn to feel the right moment and catch your luck by the tail, even if it is not spelled out in the work plan for the week.
Daily life without plans
Did you try at least sometimes live not according to plan? At least for a weekend or a vacation? You wake up, you do not have a clear schedule and tasks. Think about what would happen to you today? What happens when you have breakfast? Where do you go, what you see? You remember that you're on vacation, right? Since the majority of releases last 7-12 days, they are usually painted almost by the hour - sightseeing, shopping, family. Try to spend as at least one day. You may call your friend and invite you to a meeting in the cafe. Countless options here.
Approximately so we rested in Istanbul for 3 days. No, of course we conducted a survey among friends who were in Istanbul, look for information on the Internet and the first day trying to stay on schedule. But as soon as we plunged deep into the streets in the city center, all the schedules and plans crumbled. So we are just a stroll through the city, they sailed on the ferry, found many delicious cafes where lunch mostly local, beautiful parks, shops and markets, not for tourists.
Live here and now, you feel it. Ask yourself, what is your passion, your calling? Identify your values, live and work in accordance with them.
Why plans - illusion
Imagine that you have a scheduled business meeting. On it you will be discussing with the business partner specific questions, and your task is, for example, in determining the directions of work with this partner. You came, you have prepared questions and suggestions. You sat down and started talking. And here begins the unknown. You never know whether you will be able to agree on favorable terms. You may not know what you will be offered at 100%. Perhaps, during the conversation you will come to mind quite brilliant idea, of which your partner will also be delighted. Did you opt out of it just because it is not listed in your plans !!!
Or do you have in your schedule from 9:00 to 11:00 you have planned work on the articles, and then you go to a meeting. You can write clearly in the prescribed time interval, and maybe you can do it much faster, and then you have an unexpected window appears, which you can use at their discretion. Or while working on a story you can think of will come unexpected idea, which can grow into an interesting project. Do you refuse it?
Even if you have a meeting and work on the article went on schedule, at the time of this you still happening unplanned. New ideas, suggestions - all hovering around us. Did you opt out of this because it does not happen on a schedule?
Be open to the unexpected moments
Arriving at the meeting, be prepared for the unexpected and new. Write articles - get ready for the unexpected inspiration and new thoughts. Whatever you do, try to do it in line with your values and interests. We live in the stream, floats past us a lot of interesting ideas and thoughts. Try instead to avoid chaos and to strictly follow the plans to plunge into it, to feel all the trends.
Talk to people without clear goals and see what new ideas and opportunities, these people will be able to offer you. What you will come to the end of your conversation.
Once we have in our heads we represent that live and work on a schedule, and it is firm. In fact, the specificity and the firmness and remains only in our heads. The world around us is changing every second and every second we face new opportunities and sail by brilliant ideas.
Do not be a workhorse with blindersWhich sees only what she had come.
Try to live so at least one day, and it may change your life.