Anoop
Member • Nov 8, 2013
Would you rather be Die-Hard Creative or Down-To-Earth Practical?
Let me start off with an example:
Say you want to buy a latest gadget: say a Smartphone or a Laptop.
You imagine you can accomplish milestones if you have this gadget with you.
The creative juices in your mind makes you go through the long list of smartphones/laptops available for sale. You are attracted to their features and often give-away certain specifications for the sake of budget. Your mind tells you that this is the one for you.
But the truth is, your mind is just being creative over a new technology that will soon fade away with time - irrespective of the fact whether you use/don't use the gadget for the purpose that you bought it for.
eg:
1. Buying a laptop for learning animation, but never getting the time to do it, even after 2 years.
2. Buying a DSLR camera for learning photography, but not really using it after that.
(Other appropriate examples can also be suggested).
Same goes with any other materialistic object that you seek on earth for a comfortable lifestyle.
My question:
1. Would you rather be die-hard creative and go with what your mind tells you to do, or would you be more practical and go for what you 'need' rather than what you 'want'?
eg: A Macbook Pro is a waste of money if you don't use it to it's maximum specifications, before the next edition of Macbook Pros started coming out.
2. Is being practical (a.k.a 'less creative' in this contest) overrated in some cases atleast?
eg: Steve Ballmer was a bit off-league when the iPhone started it's production; so while iPhone made real progress for over 6 years, Microsoft was still stuck with other gadgets - and they lost by far in the race. But now that Microsoft has acquired Nokia, there could be a change!
3. Would you rather live your life no matter what, or just live to survive?
P.S.: Inspired by people who do things out of the ordinary
eg: Climb mountains, Break world records doing crazy stuff you'd never imagine doing, and basically those who just think outside the box.
Say you want to buy a latest gadget: say a Smartphone or a Laptop.
You imagine you can accomplish milestones if you have this gadget with you.
The creative juices in your mind makes you go through the long list of smartphones/laptops available for sale. You are attracted to their features and often give-away certain specifications for the sake of budget. Your mind tells you that this is the one for you.
But the truth is, your mind is just being creative over a new technology that will soon fade away with time - irrespective of the fact whether you use/don't use the gadget for the purpose that you bought it for.
eg:
1. Buying a laptop for learning animation, but never getting the time to do it, even after 2 years.
2. Buying a DSLR camera for learning photography, but not really using it after that.
(Other appropriate examples can also be suggested).
Same goes with any other materialistic object that you seek on earth for a comfortable lifestyle.
My question:
1. Would you rather be die-hard creative and go with what your mind tells you to do, or would you be more practical and go for what you 'need' rather than what you 'want'?
eg: A Macbook Pro is a waste of money if you don't use it to it's maximum specifications, before the next edition of Macbook Pros started coming out.
2. Is being practical (a.k.a 'less creative' in this contest) overrated in some cases atleast?
eg: Steve Ballmer was a bit off-league when the iPhone started it's production; so while iPhone made real progress for over 6 years, Microsoft was still stuck with other gadgets - and they lost by far in the race. But now that Microsoft has acquired Nokia, there could be a change!
3. Would you rather live your life no matter what, or just live to survive?
P.S.: Inspired by people who do things out of the ordinary
eg: Climb mountains, Break world records doing crazy stuff you'd never imagine doing, and basically those who just think outside the box.