Music: Jack Johnson - "No Other Way"
Medicine: Neuroanatomy
Sometimes my mind gets jumbled and I can't seem to focus. It's rough when it's close to an exam. Sometimes (okay, maybe fairly often) I lose focus. Why do I continue to study when there are so many other wonderful things I could be doing? Motivation is tough sometimes. It's also difficult to remain "at peace" when there's a struggle between what I want to be doing and what I need to be doing at the moment.
A good friend of mine recently sent me a link to an article entitled "50 creative questions to create the life you really want." And I have to say, the questions are extremely useful. They're a bunch of open ended questions to get you psyched and motivated. Thank you good friend! I've reposted them below for your reading pleasure:
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What gives you “juice”? Where is the energy calling you? What if you gave yourself full permission to engage this? Going toward what gives you energy and meeting it fully is the first step to creating profound change.
What if you could take a risk? If you put your hands above you head and dove off the high board? If you didn’t second-guess yourself? If you were spontaneous? What would you create if you couldn’t fail? Taking risks jolts us into the new and creates immediate change.
What would happen if you followed your gut? If you listened to your intuition rather than your mind? What would you create if you could think later and create now? Creating what we want doesn’t happen in the future—it happens today.
What if you could explore? If you used everything as a learning opportunity? What if you dared to discover? What if you let go of what you know? Creativity exists beyond what we know. Love the unknown and let the mystery unfold.
What if you focused on play and fun? If you didn’t worry about what people think or compared yourself to them? (Comparison is a killer of creativity.) What if you were like a child again? Create just for the sake of creating and the rest will organically unfold.
What if you went wild? Got crazy? Did something you would never do? Unleashed? What if you could be free? Hold a loving, safe container for yourself as you express and create what is innately inside you.
What if you gave yourself permission to be it ALL: The good, the bad and the ugly? What if you accepted all of “what is” because life includes it all? Avoiding what makes us uncomfortable makes us even more stuck. Many times it is the difficult and the “dark” that shows us the light.
What if you were fully present? What if you connected only to this moment of now? If you didn’t hold onto the past or reach for the future? If you didn’t worry about what could happen? All of creation is born in the now.
What if you were to stay determined? What if you didn’t give up? What if you took one step at a time? It’s in the follow through where creativity blooms.
What if you were disciplined? What if you showed up when you said you would? What if you scheduled time to do what you want to do? Marked it in you calendar? Didn’t avoid? What magic could happen? Gently approaching what we want to create each and every day is how we ultimately create change.
What if you allowed space and time? If you didn’t force the current or want everything to come the way you want it NOW? What if you were patient and accepting of life’s natural timing? What if you allowed space and time to allow the fruit of your creativity to ripen.
What if it didn’t matter if you failed or not? If the result was not nearly as important as the experience you have in the present? If you used everything as an opportunity to discover? Knowing who you are and what you want to create has nothing to do with success or failure.
What if you could be free? Free to be, express, and create however you are called in the moment? What if this simple act of freedom gave you your greatest happiness? Once a product is finished, it’s over. Even though it still carries the memory, it is no longer alive. We are only fully alive in the present.
What if you continued to ask open-ended questions such as these? If you didn’t search for answers or meaning or try to make sense of it all? Asking open-ended questions gets you out of the box, relinquishes the attachment to product, and leads you to exciting new places.
We are innately creative beings whether we realize it or not. Change is a creative process. To create change, begin with meeting yourself within. What is it that you want to create in this moment? How will you dive in?
Here's the original article: http://tinybuddha.com/blog/50-creative-questions-to-create-the-life-you-really-want/---------------
You know what, after rereading that, and reflecting on my life, I have every reason to be happy with what I am doing. There's no reason for my anxiety. I'll continue to meet life with open ended questions, and not think too much about the what ifs and all that nonsense. I am here and I am now. Taking one step at a time. Asking questions to augment my creativity and fuel my passions. Not holding myself back. Allowing myself to grow.
Today, there was a surgery workshop at the hospital, where I had the opportunity to practice many different surgical techniques including laparoscopic surgery, suturing, and knot tying (yeah, this is an important technique to learn. And hard to do correctly. I had a tough time for some reason... Shh. Knots are hard to tie). But the most awesomest (like, more awesome than "awesomest" or "most awesome") was working with the Da Vinci robot. That's right. I got to play around with a million something dollar machine today. And it was FUN. I sat down in that chair and looked into the video screen, and suddenly I became a part of that robot. Nay. I was the Da Vinci robot. For three minutes. It was such a fantastic experience, I can't even begin to describe it to you. I spent most of the time playing around with the arms, rotating them this way and that way, readjusting the camera, zooming in, zooming out, grabbing thread and guiding it through holes less than a millimeter in length... so, so, so awesome. Most awesomest. About half way through the guy reminded me that the trial was timed and I was competing against everyone else to see how many holes I could guide the thread through. Whoops! I just got so lost in being the robot that I completely forgot about the world around me.
Okay, now I'm ready to get back to studying with my rekindled motivation. Thanks for reading!
Mood change by the end of this blog: Excited and Rejuvinated
"And know that if I knew all the answers I would not hold them from you"
*Addendum* But we really don't need to know all the answers, do we? Let's ask open ended questions and see where our lives take us.
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