My Random Life – Let It Be
A friend recently said to me “your life is so random…”
Hearing that really made me think. I didn’t know what to make of it.
“Is that a good thing or bad? What does it even mean?”
As I started to reflect on my short 26 years and what I’ve been through, I can’t help but agree with her.
MY LIFE IS 100% COMPLETELY INSANELY RANDOM… and guess what? I LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF IT.
I hate planning – I really like originality and spontaneity.
Since I was a child, I remember being very open to new experiences and sometimes doing the WRONG thing JUST so I could see what happens.
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“Let’s Wing It”
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I can remember in high school, we had a saying (in my group of friends) – “let’s just wing it.”
The rule was that we could not PLAN anything for a weekend night. We’d just say “let’s meet here and see where the night takes us.”
Guess what?
Those were our best nights.
So, you know what? Loosen your belt a little, let down your defenses and LIVE A LITTLE.
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MY CHALLENGE TO YOU
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Do just ONE thing without planning it.
Maybe you go out Friday night with no idea what you’re doing.
Maybe you walk into a presentation at work completely unprepared.
Maybe you wake up one morning and just call in sick to go exploring the city.
…Maybe you get in the car and start driving into unchartered roads “just to see…”
Do something spontaneous. Take a risk.
Seriously – what’s the worse that can happen?
So, yes, my life is random. But, I wouldn’t have it any other way. EVERYTHING great in my life has come from randomness.
Are you strong enough to be random?
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March 9th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
In my earlier years I used to just take off and head nowhere – where ever the road took me. Sometimes locally and sometimes not.
Not so much now with the high cost of fuel but there are places to explore in ones life that don’t have such a high cost. And a bus ride is cheap. A new restaurant, a museum, local theater is great.
What ever it is just do it!
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March 9th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
I love this post. I think this is how we should live our lives most of the time. Sure we need to have some responsibilities and organization, but to really live life, we need some randomness.
I just need to be brave enough to just do it.
Thanks for making us think.
Teresa Caldwell
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March 9th, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Anik!
The thrill you get in living life randomly is really unmatched. Randomness tends to create more chaos (typically) and more chaos means more entropy hence more expansion. So scientifically speaking (not completely but by random extrapolation) Randomness creates more expansion…So be random and expand!!!
-Janak Mehta
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March 9th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Bon, Teresa, Janak…thanks for chiming in!
I completely agree Janak – “unmatched” is a great word to use!
Fighter
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March 9th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Hey Anik,
Just finished celebrating a friend’s birthday is a completely random way.. no plans.. just decided to head up for drinks and ended up partying till 3am. Its a lot of fun when its random.
Great post as always!
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March 10th, 2010 at 2:07 am
I enjoy reading your writings. Unfortunately I’ven’t received something from you for a long time. Hope everything is going fine and RANDOM.
If there is a que of RANDOM then I’ll be next to you. You are describing my life pal. The thing is, there is that annoying voice on the air saying, you have to plan; most to those who plans are ahead of others….etc. Sometimes yes to planning. It is also an enjoyable thing to practice. So there is no need for challenge, that list I do from time to time.
Thanks for sharing and best of RANDOM.
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