As much as you want to think you are mature, intelligent and wise, you’re always going to be fighting the sands of time. Time is what truly refines our character. A refinement that we do not see day to day or sometimes month to month. Rather it is a slow sanding upon who we are.
You probably like to have the mindset that you have solid ground beneath your feet. A good foundation for your life. You make good choices. You have a wisdom about you. When it comes down to the most important decisions in our life though, we tend to let our heart get in the way some times. Our mind can race. We want to do everything right. We think we can handle it all. We just want to pretty much do….well everything!
I’ll be the first to admit that I think about things in way too much detail way too often. I can easily overanalyze things that happen to me. Things I want to do and even think that I am capable of doing everything all the time. I am a man of multiple hobbies. That has its perks, but it has a ton of flaws.
I am so restless and want to try everything. I think I can do everything at my best. Truth is, I can’t. No one can.
I am probably the least focused person I know. The only reason I have gotten decently good at multiple hobbies such as photography, video production, writing music, building tables and writing is that I’ve been doing all of them for a long time. I would focus work on video production for a bit, then I might pursue a photography project to work on a skill, and then I write and record a song from time to time.
I’ve never taken a full year to focus on just one thing and getting really freakin good at it. I like to think I am pretty good at these things … I mean I do get paid to be a professional photography and video editor, but I know that my focus is flawed. Even at work my focus is flawed. I do two things … actually three now … now I do motion graphics too.
Despite my lack of focus, I know that all of my divided focus has paid off, but the only thing I can thank for it is time. The aging of my process.
We have to embrace patience and learn to put trust in the aging process.
The only reason I am good at multiple things is because of the time I have put into them while my skills have aged. It is imperative that we remember that skill and wisdom is not something we can separate. They also do not stand together without the aid of aging.
Our skills get refined over time. Our wisdom grows as we make mistakes over time. We comprehend our craft and communication better as we age.
I can’t wait to get old. For now though, I am young and restless … and sometimes stupid. That’s ok. I can deal with that. I kind of have to. We all do.
