Your Options Are Killing Results
Why Less is More
We now live in a world that provides us with a plethora of options for everything. Man has become so comfortable, that even the slightest thought of discomfort and inconvenience is vehemently dismissed. The abundance of options are a key element of our creative work today, because options are created for the sole purpose of programming our consumption habits to maximize profits. You provide yourselves with too many options which ultimately leads you to anxiety and decreased satisfaction. This is famously called The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz. So why must you limit your options if you are intending to put forward meaningful creative work?
Options are killing results when it comes to creative work and limitations enable you to push boundaries. When we are gifted with the luxury of time (referring to lack of deadlines), often times we tend to spend most of it procrastinating on making the right choices from our ocean of options. As a result, we are unable to finish our work and most importantly degrade it’s quality due to external factors such as anxiety, overwhelm, brain fog, etc. This is also the act of sacrificing your mental energy for the futile things that do not add up in hindsight.
Limitations on the other hand, drives you to search for ways that makes things work, even if it doesn’t seem to. It’s like a search into the unknown, where you come out with findings you could never acquire otherwise. Constraints help you generate innovate solutions and creativity. It helps you discover unique characteristics and authentic beauty within your work. Most profound and beautiful creative works are a result of the boundaries people pushed from within their limitations.
The argument I am trying to formulate is that, it’s an important thing to reduce your options and expose yourself to challenging constraints so that they can bring out the best in you. The true beauty of your work is reflected, at it’s highest potential, when you intentionally teach yourself to be comfortable in being uncomfortable consistently.
Until next time, stay curious and keep questioning!
Thanks for reading,
Mahi.☕
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