To become decently organized is a blessing and a curse

The New Orleans Hyatt Regency interior atrium from the 25th floor
The New Orleans Hyatt Regency must be extraordinarily organized, or they’d go out bankrupt

 

We are not born organized. As infants, we rely on others for parental care – for our very survival – because we are helpless.

As we grow older, we must slowly and surely break the chains of having others think and do for us. We must find our own way.

Most of us never attack this opportunity soon enough, hard enough, and long enough, to be transformational.

It is what it is.

But it doesn’t have to be permanent.

This month I’m inviting the Mid Life Celebration community to follow all five daily blogs about work life balance. It couldn’t be easier to go from this HQ blog to the mental attitude blog , just click -> go to Next Blog

 

So close, so similar, yet so different

simplicity
keeping it simple and clean?
over achiever
over achiever?

So yeah, this is the fifth of five daily blogs. Crazy? I guess. Those of you who read all five, here’s to our daily goals of: wellness, balance, focus, discipline…

During this morning’s run, there were several interesting observations, like in the photos above. The homes were across the street from each other.

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Why we should fall in love with paradox

It was dusk, I was in a hurry, it looked like a tiny (tiny, tiny) cricket, but I knew it wasn’t, and had to try to catch it in the grass… can you imagine?

tiny frogs

Why we should fall in love with paradox:

  • It’s a game changer
  • Few look for paradox
  • Fewer still look to exploit it
  • It’s way more exciting than tried and true (and boring) (and potentially obsolete)

Paradox: a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory

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The misunderstood paradox of simplification

surprised look
don't look so surprised...

People think that simplification will make their lives easy. It doesn’t. And this leads to terminal apathy, excuses, and ultimately, quitting.

What everyone ought to consider then is this – simplification makes your life easier (not easy). Easier. Get it? Easier.

Seriously, imagine life without simplifying it.

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Why?

Why is this bear in pictures from all over the world?

Ever ask why?

Why am I so organized?

Why am I so disorganized?

Why do I care so much?

Why don’t I care very much?

Life is an ongoing battle to make good choices.

What do you do to stay focused on good?

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