I've recently been asked several times "Why do you do so much? Why can't you relax?" I've had several variations on my reply, including the standard "I have ADD, so I don't know how to not multitask/relax/do only one thing." But an old quote I recently stumbled across gave me the exact answer I needed:
"An idle mind is the Devil's playground."
I find that when I am not studying or activley involved in some pursuit that involves constant concentration, be it scuba diving, shooting, painting, or working out, I find myself getting entrenched in unnecessary drama. Up to no good. When I am focused on a task, my mind does not wander. I don't have time to overanalyze, criticize, judge or complain, unless it's about my workload. And that's my own doing.
So there you have it. My answer to inner peace and tranquility: Use your brain.
Posted by LA at June 26, 2002 12:09 PMi agree with that statemnt. That is so true. I go through a lot of shit i had no business being in all because i was not focus on my priorities. Now im doing a ton of work. I have me degrees from college and im on the verge of getting a good payign job.
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Posted by: SETH "I AM RIGHT. HAH!!" MAKECHNIE on March 6, 2003 09:37 AMyou are looking at it backwards. since your mind is focused on something your body is too. but your mind is just closed on a job. so thus your mind is used for busywork. all these actions are productive, but in actuality you have not expanded anything significant in your mind. free your mind from all past thoughts and look at the world objectively. then you'll see that busywork is just like finding the end of the maze in a rat cage. you might feel proud, but these senses are not real. you have been taught that recieving rewards for hard work is good, even if you do it for nothing at all. the big picture is that ur just a happy slave. :)truth
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