Been doing lots of thinking recently. In the absence of doing a million and one things (which is what I used to do) I've had more time to think. It can be a scarey thing to do, thinking, it can be a bit un-ravelling and makes you assess what's going on in your life. But I think I have to stick with it.
One thing I did notice, is how your wants change depending on your circumstances. A week or so ago, I was skint. I was wandering round M & S and every isle I turned down I came across delicious looking food which I was longing to have. A few days later when my financial pressures had eased a little I went there again. This time, I couldn't find a thing that seemed tempting, even though I could now afford to buy it.
It's an odd thing. When you desire something, you put yourself through the mill if you can't have it. When you can have it, it losses its appeal. That's a big old thought - I think.
One thing I did notice, is how your wants change depending on your circumstances. A week or so ago, I was skint. I was wandering round M & S and every isle I turned down I came across delicious looking food which I was longing to have. A few days later when my financial pressures had eased a little I went there again. This time, I couldn't find a thing that seemed tempting, even though I could now afford to buy it.
It's an odd thing. When you desire something, you put yourself through the mill if you can't have it. When you can have it, it losses its appeal. That's a big old thought - I think.
7 comments:
hya etcb,
totally with ya on that, i'm guilty of always doing things, going out meeting people, talking, listening to music, shopping, playing my guitar, working anything to prevent me from doing nothing and being left with spending time with myself!
although i've also come to wind down of late, not necessarily through choice and not entirely i must admit, because when i have found myself with 'nothing' to do i txt about or meet up with someone so that i am doing something with someone.
but in the few moments have allowed or found myself, spending with myself to av a word with myself i think i've got a lot done!
i think its not until your faced with viable choice that you realize what you truly want because conceptual choice is always bound to be more appealing!
purkul
x
Thinking is a dangerous pastime. I've had some unsettling experiences in the last few weeks which have made me pause and wonder if I'm really doing what I want to do with my life.
I was perfectly content until recently, yet I want to be sure that if I choose not to change then I'm not settling for second best just because I want an easy life.
All in all, it's paralysed my ability and desire to blog (amongst other things).
...the mind is a strange and perverse entity - it often seems to be not really me/us. Certainly there is no more powerful incentive to do something than being told you can't do it - txxx
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qnklleoHi Emma-
I can relate to when being 'skint' wanting to purchase stuff. Yet when I have the money to do it, the novelty of the item in question has usualy been forgotten.
Nice photo of Aberystwyth. I find it a very spiritual place.
Kind regards adanac67.
Hi etcb,
I totally agree with you! Money and free-time can be double-edged swords. When i have too much time to think i often get quite scared thinking about our place in life and the universe and our insignificance in the grand scheme of things, wasted years etc.
Having the money to buy things easily often makes the 'buzz' of getting them very transitory, whereas if you have to save-up getting that item is very rewarding!
Keep busy if you can as too much thinking can be bad for your health!
Love simon x
Hi Em,
With regard to thinking, I think maybe it is the QUALITY of the thoughts that count.
It can be very revealing as you suggest,(also a little scary as you say)It takes courage to delve into our innermost recesses to see what is there, but ultimately I believe we can learn so much more about ourselves by doing this.
Ascessing what is going on in our lives seems to me to be a very positive thing to do. D x
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