You cannot expect to end your pain by wanting it gone. And that is how life works too.How do you expect to let go of that box if you want it gone completely? This is not how the mind works. Finding out what is not the right answer is equally as important as finding the path to the right answer, in fact, it’s necessary. The goal is to use deductive reasoning to find the answer to the question, and the only way to do that is to take specific steps to find out what everyone else does and does not have. For instance, you may know that Susie has four lollipops and lives in the city and that Brad has 2 apples and lives in the country, so how many turnips does Anne have? (Disclaimer: Do not waste your time on that example, I made it up to trigger your good old math class memories). You’re given a certain amount of information and have to deduce one fact from this information. You might have seen an easier version of this riddle in a high school math class. This journey of making mistakes and learning from them is a lot like solving Einstein's Riddle. Go ahead, go spend a good chunk of time trying to solve it and inevitably not being able to stop until you’ve figured it out. Because what is life advice without a vague metaphor? If you haven’t heard of Einstein's Riddle, look it up online now. While we’re on the subject of puzzles, let me make a complex comparison to give you that “ah-ha” moment. It took me a while to realize that any direction is the right one. I mean, I know that somehow I need to start making money too, you know, survive and pay off massive amounts of school loans, but how? It seems like I’m either stuck or that every time I make a move in one direction it turns out to be the wrong one. I just graduated, and now I have no freaking clue what to do. Most millennials probably find themselves in a situation similar to mine. Throughout our lives, we are always faced with the next task and the most efficient way to get it. I’ll be speaking from the perspective of a millennial, because since when do millennials not write about every thought and feeling they have? But this is a lesson that people of any age can appreciate. Because of this, we’re failing to notice how we come to decide what we want, and how that process, no matter how long it takes, is never a waste of time. Somehow, we’ve come to believe that if we don’t have exactly what we think we want right away, that we’re wasting time. I could have refused to even give the new "Star Wars" movies a try, but I did give them a shot – and that completely altered my perspective. One year ago, I would have told you I would never change my mind about "Star Wars." And yet, here I am. I can vouch from experience: despite detesting "Star Wars" for years, I, completely inexplicably, fell in love with "The Last Jedi" and have been a fan of the franchise ever since.
#I thought i forgot to put it in that box movie#
That movie genre you vowed vehemently to hate forever? Maybe suddenly it's one of your favorites. Our passions may even change daily as we find new topics, places, and things to explore, sometimes falling in love with something that we usually wouldn't give a second thought. For instance, we may ignore the fact that as we mature and enter new stages of life, we may very well spark interests in new things.
However, by placing labels on ourselves or making blanket statements about who we are, we risk acknowledging that we have room to grow and change.
In the end, there is absolutely nothing wrong with analyzing our own character and interests and drawing conclusions about ourselves.
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