The 2 Minute Condition

Over riding thoughts, overpowering emerging feelings of over flowing ideas and over available information and over available freedom, aspirations, all in all: entitlement (not Enlightenment ;p/)

I thought it was 'Me', as we've heard this so often. Everyone who ever thought it was them alone, realizes when they get out of their little room, neatly arranged or disorganised, whatever may be the case, curtains down or up, whatever may be the case, many attempts at 'aspirations' lying around, cameras, art work, abandoned reels of wool, whatever may be the case. 

The minute one walks out of this box, and the 'boxes' they've created for themselves, in all its versions, jobs, routines, marriages, systems, obedience to family norms/roles: whatever the box, a step out of this one, and the world seems instantly more bearable.

Why?

1. You get complimented for things you never think about yourself or have forgotten about yourself or doubted, and others seem to notice just that almost. 'Hey, nice chappals!' "Hey, you look fresh!"

2. A range of conversations give you an idea of "ah, this is how i think now days!" Interesting.

3. Lastly, and more aptly so, most others seem to be in the same boat. "Phew, not alone!"


In a writers workshop attended yesterday, someone mentioned openly, vulnerably and from his heart (Note: These are some of The Elements of Good Writing), "What about those ideas, that you work on diligently, build an entire plot, work on this aspect of it and that, build it 'deeply' enough, with an 'invested intent' and boom! Suddenly, cause of a break or any other reason, or no reason at all, next day almost, the 'idea' has no relevance to you anymore. You can not 'relate' with it almost, it has no connect with you, you have no connect with it. What is this? And what does one do about it?

Everyone giggled, everyone could hear him speak on behalf of them almost.

Well, so what is the answer to this dilemma, rather,  to this condition? Its a phenomenon being faced by writers, artists,  individuals, younger more so than others. A lot thinking they 'can surely 'become' '. Just what does it take to do so. How do we die up, those ideas?

Some suggestions:


1. Sit down and finish it, no matter what. Even if you get back to it after several months. Even with a new light.

2. Take up shorter ideas and close it the day you start it. As ideas have a 'habit' of dissolving. Ideas have a habit of jumping from one place to another, from one body to another as they are all around and the receptive one catches it.

Today's life span of an idea is reaching the limit of '2 Minutes' - so is our span of interest in matters. Adapt to this new knowledge, and act in 2 minutes and make articles (chapters/ideas) 2 minutes long.

3. Surf the tide, wave. Just let some ideas go, come and go like so many things in our lives. They come and go, thoughts come and go, waves come and go - we don't surf each one. We chose some and enjoy them. Let them come and go. Don't respond to each one.