Hi I live in London, currently working on a project that focuses on spontaneity.
I was hoping you could help me by telling me some more spontaneous stories
My email is ecuachillin@hotmail.com
Thanks
How I did it: While in high school I was always quite rigid about doing only "planned" things. My mother (blame it all on her, oh yes!) was the Spontaneity Queen: While driving on an errand, point A to point B, if she spotted a plant (read: "pretty-looking weed") along the road (note: this did not occur on private property, nor did it involve protected species), we'd pull over, out came the shovel, bucket, & old newspaper from the trunk, and...Poof! In a matter of seconds, the old weed was about to become part of our backyard landscaping! (One very ho-hum daughter sat in the front seat observing, not at ALL interested, and actually feeling a bit embarrassed.)
Even with a gizillion things on her to-do list, my mother managed to explore the world around us -- whether bookstores, woods, parks, interesting shops, old buildings, libraries. A twin sense of curiosity and adventure goes a long way in bringing you from merely the desire to be spontaneous to the actual destination of "Yes! Let's Go...Now!"
NB: It does NOT have to cost a cent! The only investment is your time and your imagination. If you have the time, but lack in imagination, then all the more reason to connect/re-connect with an imaginative person.
While home from college during breaks, I found that if my mother knew any of us wanted to do something, she would immediately start checking the newspaper to spot a concert, a nature talk, an interesting place to visit in an afternoon, or a place to eat in short order! I gradually found that agreeing to go with her on these expeditions gave me an entirely new view of life, of people, of my mother (of course!), and most interesting...of myself!
One of the best things I heard my mother say, preliminary to such adventures, was "There's NO time like the present!" She taught me to "seize the moment", and to live without regret ("if ONLY I had made time in my schedule for...", "if ONLY I had bought that __ when we saw it..."). This is a huge gift she gave me -- and to all of my siblings -- and perhaps one of the reasons I so enjoy meeting adventurous, spontaneous people! Who knows what cool things they'll want to do, what fun places they'll want to go, and you'll be right there for the excitement!
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Hi I live in London, currently working on a project that focuses on spontaneity.
I was hoping you could help me by telling me some more spontaneous stories
My email is ecuachillin@hotmail.com
Thanks