10/25/2024
Play is the Best Cure for Perfectionism
Let me tell you, when I was a kid, play was ...fun. You didn’t worry about being Perfectly Impefect. You just grabbed your Lego set, grabbed stick and pretended it was a million different things, or jumped into an adventure with your friends. Ideas popped up out of nowhere. No one ever had writer's block in the sand box. One minute you’re building a spaceship, the next you’re creating some multi-dimensional time portal that has no relation to the original plan—and that was the best part.
Here’s the thing: play removes the barrier of the critic. There’s no one telling you that your idea isn’t right, or that your spaceship doesn’t make sense. You just roll with it. The only bad times were when we stopped to argue about what to do next. The playing part? Always golden.
That’s where I think Wabi-sabi comes in—it’s basically life’s version of play. It’s about letting go of the need to have everything in order, embracing the random bursts of creativity, and just rolling with it. And sure, sometimes things get messy (hello, multi-dimensional Lego portals), but that’s what makes it fun.
Wabi-sabi is like the adult permission to play, make mistakes, and laugh about it. So, I’m saying this now: embrace the chaos, roll with the randomness, and have a laugh while you’re at it. Because Wabi-sabi is fun, and life’s way better when you’re having fun with it.
