How to relax and be productive at the same time
The last two topics from postaday2011 in my case can be summed up with one post:
1) What ist going on in my life and what is driving me nuts
2) What´s one peace of technology I can´t live without?
It is this dilemma: I need to relax, yet when I do I have a bad conscience- as if I did something criminal.
That probably is rooted in my childhood. Always being challenged to “do something” learning, cleaning, helping out, educating myself being smart 24/7 in general etc etc.
Funny enough – there´s one piece of technology that has helped me profoundly with my dilemma. As awkward as it sounds – it is my Ipad.
So I have an issue with relaxing. But at the same time I am a dreamy type. The bossy type in me is always interested in finding more solutions for being busy. And the free spirited mind in me just wants to sleep,read, read more, meditate, eat, taking long walks for recreations and inspirations. Or do yoga so long as to flow.
This is really difficult to handle.
Amazingly enough I am writing and working well. What drives me nuts or crazy is the fact that there is not enough time.
Maybe it´s the tea I am drinking or it´s the cold weather -currently I do have way too much energy, which means I would rather spend all my time 24/7 doing those projects, but because time is limited I am only focusing on one.
Sleep is important, we humans function better with a decent dose of sleep. Within dreams there is no time limit.
What if I was capable of using the one for the other?
I used to keep a dreamjournal for many months. Then I read a few dreams. There was nothing really shocking about it. It was rather a lesson in decoding some of my recurring topics as well as just reading some interesting stories/ painting some pictures.
Nevertheless it proved to be an enormous, helpful source for my work. So I started that habit again-to keep the machine running.
Now I am really happy to sleep. The energy is still there.
And stupid as it sounds _ since I have an Ipad I am way more productive than ever.
And that leads me to something else:
I do know that there is some sort of “lucid dreaming movement”
not just since “Inception”. I believe in the power of dreaming since my childhood. As a child I was always teased for being “dreamy” or as one friend called it – having the ability to disappear within moments.
I tried some research on some sites and I watched a few Videos on Youtube about “Lucid dreaming”.
I spare anyone from listening to my dreams.
It´s one thing to read some dreams, but having to listen to dreams I still consider to be the lowest and most primitive form of conversation.
Many friends hate me for not loving “Inception”. I was impressed,but not smitten. What impressed me was the technology and the stunning effects. But the reasons I still do not fall for that story are:
Prior to Inception I saw “Shutter Island”. And I did not like it.
The atmosphere from “Shutter Island” somehow transpired to “Inception”. And then there was the constant deja-vue with the
main character´s obesession over his wife.
While watching “Inception” my mind went in four directions. One was dedicated to the story of Inception, the other to the film mentioned prior. Then I focused on the effects plus all of “Inceptions” levels.
And then my mind went off- I was suddenly only interested in Di Caprios´s motivations for taking up these two roles- apart from working with two remarkable directors.
So is “Inception” the rational follow up to “Shutter Island”?
One Thing I definetly hated about Inception is the fact that it is a solemly male centered film. Without a pun – as soon as women appear even the dreams become freakish. Oh my god! Of course they have to. Because of the woman.
And I do not say that, because I love”chick films” or whatever they are supposed to be.
But enough of that.
