Last night I watched The Sandman on Netflix.
I watched the first episode of this series while we had our dinner. And I didn’t stop until I completed the WHOLE season hours and hours later.
It was the perfect depiction of my day-to-day lately.
I tend to obsess over things until I finish them. And then I move on to my next obsession.
This happens to me with podcasts. This happens to me with coaching programs, YouTube, learning, working, and now even writing.
And it’s fun.
It’s fun because I get to follow something through completion and see how it turns out in the end, good or bad. (Or maybe somewhere in between for cliffhangers.)
It’s fun because I get to follow that feeling of curiosity. The mystery of what will soon unfold. It’s thrilling. It’s engaging.
We often feel like obsession is such a bad thing because it wastes time as if we know how much of it we have in this life. What if we were to live to be more than a hundred? Then we would have missed out on something fun in lieu of something productive.
I feel like it was from Ryan Holiday that I heard to take others lightly and take yourself seriously.
In part, it is true. There are things that may be taken seriously but I don’t feel like it should take away from the fun in our own lives. When we take ourselves seriously, it’s just not fun. Hahah.
When we take ourselves lightly, we find that we can see the advantage of a situation even when it seems so disadvantageous (like obsessions, for one). We’re not pining away with regret for every hour we lost to watching a Netflix series. We’re just having fun watching it and being entertained.
BEING. Something we often sacrifice so we can keep DOING.
DOING. Something we often judge so we can keep LIVING.
LIVING. Something we do every once in a while when the schedule and the money permit when we could live now by BEING.
Being entertained is worth your while when you know life doesn’t have to be so serious all the time. There’s nothing wrong with it. Personally, I wouldn’t hold you responsible for spending your time watching stuff on TV if that feels like what you desire at that moment.
I trust myself enough to know I know what enough feels like.
Do you?
Do you trust yourself enough to know when to BE and when to DO? Taking yourself lightly then shouldn’t be a concern, but a blessing. Some people don’t know when to stop doing until doing is all they know. But most people who are simply BE-ing have had more time to think about what really matters to them. Think about it. Feel about it. Mindset is easier to change. But when you have your heart-set, that’s most likely going to lead to somewhere fun and lasting.