Happy Birthday Miles Davis

Do you ever tell yourself, I’m too tired to do this, or I would rather just relax and watch television, and not do this task I’ve been putting off; then eventually you look around and notice that the task that you should have done has created certain small/unnoticeable or obvious/uncomfortable issues in your life?

Well, I’ll tell you first hand, some form of laziness hit me a few weeks ago, and subsequently, my room became a mess, I have 3 movies from Netflix that are unviewed, a stack of unread books, newspapers whose print never sees light, coupons unused, extra weight on my body, dust on my desk & bookshelf, etc… But tonight, for whatever reason, I said, let me take that baby step, and just fix up my room. Well, I did. And wow was it absolutely no effort. Then I was in my car, driving to and from a bar. I looked through my iPod, and I found this artist that I’ve meant to listen to for a long damn time.

Well tonight I listened to the fuckin album. And I realized very easily that in the circumstance that I there is something I know I should be doing, and for whatever don’t to superficially remain comfortable, I need to tell myself, get off your ass and do __________. I simply am much better off in the end. I complete the trivial task that otherwise was piling up with the rest, and feel less weight on my bok choy and lychees, which otherwise was rather a discomfort to me.

Simply, the comfort we often feel in just relaxing and pushing aside all else, ultimately creates a discomfort later on.

This doesn’t necessarily apply to all personality types, just the one that I have, and other adjacent types.