Practicality.
The state of being practical.
The state of being useful.
Being mindful of the results, advantages or disadvantages, of an action or procedure.
The practicality prison can be the root of indecision.
The practicality prison can be the cause of analysis paralysis.
The practicality prison can be the leading cause of time theft.
To exist in this prison is to have misinterpreted what is true.
The practical prison can be born, and empowered, by forces outside of yourself.
By people, by guardians or parents, by friends, by society at large.
Because why?
Because you do not want to be "dumb"?
Because you do not want to be seen as "stupid"?
Because you do not want to be "careless," "reckless," or "foolish"?
Because you do not want to be "wasteful"?
Underneath the practicality prison can be a deep-seated fear.
A fear that associates you with an undesirable label which disconnects you from your people.
Whatever it may be, I invite you to reconsider this misinterpreted sight.
I invite you to disregard right or wrong.
I invite you to understand that there is only your way.
There is only how you do things.
Practicality, then, is not a possibility – because you see that there is only you, doing you, in your way.
We can get caught up in throwing elementary labels back and forth instead of evolving our language.
I am reminded of having lunch with a friend who told me stories about a friend he once had.
They would fly to other countries over the weekend. For 48 hours. For fun.
The practical person might think, "Well, that's not practical!"
That's not economical. That's not getting the best "bang for your buck."
But what if it was enough for the person who led the process?
What if it was enough for them and that's how they choose to do things?
The practicality prison can dishonor who you become because you're stuck in an outdated version of reality that simply does not serve you.
I invite you to ask for what you want.
To give it to yourself.
Not because you deserve it, deserve has nothing to do with this.
But simply because you want it.
No justification necessary.
And to the cynic who makes this reality extreme, and says, "If I do that, I will be homeless because I will spend all my money." I will leave that thought, or similar, with you.
Your challenge is much different, in that you see the world in binaries.
This or that.
That version of seeing the world I will leave for another article.
In the meantime, give yourself the carrot which you seek.
Love yourself a little, if that is how you show it to self.
And enjoy.
