Whats the point .. what's the purpose

The speaker reflects on her tendency to accumulate craft materials and unfinished projects. She realizes that in the past, she used to create things with a clear purpose, whether it was making clothes because she couldn't afford to buy them or cooking meals that satisfied dietary requirements. However, she now recognizes that she has lost sight of the joy and fun in these activities. Without a purpose or the presence of fun, she has been accumulating materials without completing projects. She acknowledges the importance of fun and joy in our lives and encourages listeners to incorporate more of it into their daily routines. Hi, this is Tracey with Six Minutes of Stillness and today I wanted to share a really interesting insight. I have a house full of so many craft materials, so many things, sometimes projects just begun, others not even started, and the pile of things that's growing of projects or things that I buy with a view to creating something from them has been growing in recent years and I really sat with the idea today of discovering what it is that makes me buy them in the first place and what it is that prevents me from seeing them through to a completed item. You know back when I was younger I would be up all night making clothes to wear to the office the next morning or creating things, often all the Christmas presents and birthday presents that I had and I needed to buy for people were often made myself and even the joy, and notice now the joy of cooking and ordering foods and making things, you know it's all been such a joy in the past and yet somehow somewhere along the line I've lost it, I've lost that whatever it was that saw things through to completion. Today I was so lucky and fortunate to spend time with my coach and we were exploring something completely different but I was able to think about purpose and the idea that everything has to have a purpose and what was curious is when I look back on all the times I've been up all night making clothes to wear to the office the next day and making all the presents for everybody, what there was was a clear purpose, creating the clothes was to be able to go into the office looking extra smart in an item that was beautiful because I couldn't afford to buy the clothes from the stores. Making all the presents for everybody and having that great joy that too had a purpose, not only the present but being able to create something beautiful that I could afford. All the cooking, the cooking that I've been doing and the creating beautiful foods and cakes, again has come from a purpose of creating beautiful meals for the family that were able to satisfy their dietary requirements and weren't available in the shop. Do you see the theme? Everything I've been doing has had a greater purpose. But do you also notice what hasn't been present? Fun, joy, doing things just for the hell of doing them. Just for the hell of doing them. And you know what? Joy and having fun are probably two of the greatest reasons we have to do anything and yet they're the ones we overlook all the time. So as I look at the pile of materials that I've gotten, the yarns that I've got, and all these other things that are stacking up, the ingredients for food, paints, pots, craft materials, what I realize is that I haven't noticed or had the old-fashioned purpose to get them complete. There isn't a job to turn up for in clothes, beautiful clothes that I can't afford to buy. I don't have that sort of job anymore. And the children have left home, so that joy of creating beautiful foods for their birthday parties and things like that, or even meals every evening, is not present anymore. And so I'm accumulating food without a purpose. And the arts and crafts the same. Most of this work was to allow the children to have fun time creating and being able to explore their creativity. But at no time have I ever given myself the space or permission to just have fun, to just do things for fun. And yet fun and joy is the vibration within us which keeps us mentally well, keeps us physically fit, allows us to have that joie de vivre, to get up in the morning and have something exciting to look forward to. Just doing things to amuse ourselves, bring laughter to our hearts and have fun. What can you add to your day today to have more fun? Just carefree doing simply for the sake of joy for your own heart. This is Tracy from Six Minutes of Stillness. Lovely to meet you again and so looking forward to our next connection. Bye!