Impulsiveness is good, when practiced in moderation. You need to give randomness a chance to drive you toward unexpected and unplanned pleasures. Sometimes impulsiveness will reward you, sometimes it will not – as with any gamble you never know. And that’s the exactly the thrill of it. The moment you try to seize control and create a winning streak, you are no longer enjoying… you are laboring.
Most importantly – know where impulsiveness begins and know where it ends. Because if you don’t, you’ll fall into same trap so many of us fall – giving impulsiveness free reign.
You need set boundaries to encompass what you represent. You must know the foundation of your character and what you stand for. You can’t make up rules and assign arbitrary meaning as you go or as it aligns with whatever you decided in certain moment. Life of abrupt changes can’t be led if you want to build. Anything non-trivial requires foundation so it can stand and function.
So define your foundation – what you consistently do for betterment of yourself and those around you. Split your day into part dictated by planning and part dictated by impulsiveness; and above all, stick with it. By all means, let there be expiry date after which you will reflect on your foundation and whether it is guiding your forward the way you expected. But in the meantime – do not improvise. Do not rationalize. Do not think.
Simply – do. Do what you are supposed to without doubts and questions. Lean on your foundation and follow your plan. You made them both for a reason.
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It’s all about discipline! I totally agree with this. Thanks for sharing!
Its nice to inspire and be inspired everyday ?
This is an excellent article. My friends say I set too many boundaries, but I don’t think there’s such a thing!
Love the idea of building your life on a strong foundation! I think doing this, but also being open to change when necessary, is a great way to go about life. Thanks for sharing!
Impulsiveness is kind of my jam. Not only does it prevent me from stressing, worrying and preparing (whatever that might entail), but it also brings the most fun to me. However, as an adult, I acknowledge that that is not sustainable as the only route, 100% of the time.
I love if I was able to get away with impulsiveness… what I found though is that I only work with deep commitments. Anything less and my results are average, and that doesn’t get me anywhere…
Impulsiveness does not rule out commitment (for me), but I understand it does not work for everyone.
I’m pretty impulsive when it comes to writing but on a regular basis! 🙂
Sometimes I work better when the inspiration just “strikes”. In those moments it might take me 15/20 minutes to generate a top-notch blog post or write most of a chapter of my next novel. I don’t see much value in setting aside 9:00 a.m. as a “writing hour” because there could be other things that I could be doing.
I just get into a sort of “now’s the time to write” mood and that’s when I’m most effective. Thanks for this post!
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This is so inspirational, and a very well written post! 🙂
Thanks Tania – nice to see you on my blog!
I am quite impulsive, and I enjoy my impulsiveness. I am searching for an activity that I can participate in impulsively. I am trying songwriting.