I bet, two seconds ago, that I couldn’t write this piece. My excuses were I didn’t know how, was not ready yet, and also there’s the SHHHH CAN’T SHHHHHH CAN’T SHHHHHH. There’s that noise in our heads: It makes no sense, but it’s so meaningful. It’s so meaningful that has us striking out activities we want to do, solely because we can’t do them. I want to do an experiment about doing more to have more of what we want from life. I’m sure I know how it ends, but it’s the process I’m interested in illustrating and revisiting, whenever the can’t do it pays me an uncomfortable, uncalled-for visit. Before getting to it, we won’t be needing the noise. Disperse it, send it away, feel the space it’s left for you to enjoy. When it’s dead silent, say I can do it.
We can´t?
There are some things we simply aren’t able to do. Is there really so? Mmmmm yeah, sure. We surely can’t… fly! Let’s pick flying then —I want this spontaneous piece to have a spontaneous choice for analysis. We might be able to fly, though, if we had wings, or flying transportation.
Wings, option one, are not grown by humans in 2023. We could try fake wings, instead. Do we have the money, and knowledge, and time to make them? If you do, go for it —creating one’s own purpose-reaching platform is extra satisfactory. Now, what was option two?
Go with me: A-search-away
Flying transportation also sounds complicated to me, so I just checked, and there are many! Jumping onto a previous train of thought, we didn’t have the resources, studies, or occasion back when we considered making wings; let alone now. We’re left with no wings, no fair chances of creating flying transportation, but no objections to using one that’s already been created. Someone must’ve had the good gold, brains, and years!
It´s a search away, such as all is. Choosing planes should be a no-brainer, but creativity is highly praised here. Our list of duties go: check your schedule and your wallet, do the booking, be at the airport when the ticket indicates, and make your dream come true. Done. What have we learned?
Sometimes 02:49
You can’t do everything, but you can do a lot more if you disperse the noise in your head and if you get your hands dirty before it overwhelms you. And there’s so much you want to do. You sure recall my very opening line today, and somehow, I’m halfway there.
Checking calendar for a future day off and the money in your funds for fun times, plus writing on google where can I fly with X bucks —first three steps on my “to-do”— took me exactly 2 minutes and 49 seconds. Let’s say it takes you 10 minutes; you couldn’t fly at the beginning of this piece, but you got yourself a date to fly, in 10 minutes, no noise.
Sometimes 49:02
Wait, what? Planes weren’t exactly your idea of flying? Alright, complications appear in our journey to get…everywhere. To that, I say, it’s still doable. Bottlenecks are usually partial; they don’t have to be the end of your pursuit. You have an objective; you want to fly.
Crossing fingers and hoping not to spend too much time doing the research you might hate doing won’t cut it at times. You know inconvenience; you’re familiar with it, and so am I. Set yourself a couple of steps back and pick it up from there. You’ll find out you’re not a novice anymore: you know when you can fly and the resources set aside for it. You just don’t want the plane! Let’s write that on google; and cross fingers.
Including all those places I didn’t know existed, 11 minutes ago, I can take you flying everywhere you want, now. Did I hate those long 11 minutes searching? Absolutely, but I was also grateful the whole time. I hated going back and forth in between sites and articles and suggestions; I hated finding nothing and finding a lot of useless info.
I loved coming up with the search words “air sports”, and opening up to a world of possible activities. I hated it when I found out that I can go ballooning, a quick Uber away, for a price I don’t want to pay. I kept looking, and one minute afterwards, I loved being able to return to this line right here to inform that I’ve just booked tandem-flight and hang-gliding sessions, still an Uber away, at a price I’m actually willing to pay.
I’m not only flying now; I’m flying double! I shouldn’t have hated you; I’m grateful, beloved 11 minutes.
Conclusion
If part of our happiness is connected to doing, we need to do more. It might take 2 minutes and 49 seconds, or 11 minutes, or a whole hour, or maybe a lot more. Employ whatever time you need to understand the wants and needs associated to reaching your goal. Dive deeper than you have. Find your obstacles, your lacks. Deal with them logically, and if you can’t appeal to logic, find an article online that explains it. Frequently, to unravel your puzzle, you need to solve smaller ones first. That’s how I got myself this previously unfathomable article, and a couple of flying experiences to look forward to. It’s definitely an I can, after all. That’s how doing more pays off.