Drinking: Hot chocolate with peppermint schnapps.
Listening: Junk of the Heart - The Kooks
Quote: "Enjoy it. Because it's happening."
Sometimes I wonder why the world seems like a different world than the one you live in every day.
Why other people's lives are more appealing.
Why the world looks different when you are listening to music.
Or see it through a lens.
Or are with different people.
I think a lot of it has to do with things that are new and exciting, aka not routine. But everyone has routine. I mean, some people have very unpredictable lives and such, but to a certain extent... everyone has routine. I, actually, am a big fan of routine. It's a lot less stressful for me. And I feel like, to each and every person, their routine is equally mundane... however exotic it may seem to some. So, I want to be able to keep my "youthful vigor" when it comes to things that become routine.
I try really really hard not to become used to things in Chicago. The first few train rides I took to school I remember admiring everything. Staring out the window, not needing a book or headphones to keep me occupied. While I still rarely read or listen to music on the train, and still use the window as my main form of entertainment, I see less.
I'm trying to become more observant. I think all too often I'm tied up in my own thoughts and my own little world. I look, but I don't see. Remember when you were little and you used to have those activities where you were asked to recall what color sweater your teacher was wearing or what the poster on the wall said? I was never good at those. This past weekend I played Scene It for the first time. They showed a movie clip, of which I watched the whole thing. But I couldn't even answer the question "What color shirt was Dan wearing?"
Look less, see more. A goal.
(Ps. THANK YOU for voting. It means the world. Unfortunately, I didn't win.. but oh well. :] )
It really is a great goal to have, especially after realizing how much we miss when we don't see it. I like it. Yes.
ReplyDeleteI never really thought about it that way. I guess your own routine will seem mundane to you, but not to others. I, personally, would be so much more forgetful without my routine than I already am.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm now going to try to adopt your goal.
I really liked this.
ReplyDeleteLast week I was walking across campus at night and I stopped and looked up at the stars. We see so few stars in Chicagoland that sometimes I forget that they're there.
Couldn't remember the last time I did that.
Seeing is not looking the same way as listening is not hearing.
As far as the life/routine thing, I suppose you're right. I bet most celebrities don't even find their lives THAT glamorous. I've had people say things to me like "Can your parents adopt me?" and I always am taken aback.
Grass is greener and whatnot.
Very thought provoking.
i like this
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