Accept Your Brain For Who It Is

When I was young, I planned projects and activities meticulously. I believed that a disciplined approach would lead to the best results in the majority of cases. "Winging it" seemed like an undisciplined and irresponsible temptation of fate. I if I had no plan, then surely things would go wrong when my luck ran out.

Over time, I discovered that I perform best when I react to circumstances in the moment and allow my thoughts and ideas to flow freely. I don't know whether I became an improvisor over time as I gained confidence in my creative skills, or if I was inherently an improvisor all along, albeit one who allowed fear and inflexible ideas about control to delay my creative development.

Thankfully, I understand myself better now. I encourage my mind to work the way that it wants to, even when that approach contradicts other people's ideas about how things ought to be done. It was critical to make that leap, or I would have remained stuck in creative first gear.

Bottom line: Your brain wants to work in a certain way. If you fight with your brain or try to enforce some other model of productivity on yourself, your life will be one big headache.

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