Just Care Less Options

[Ben Higgins]

Have you ever noticed that when you seem to stop caring about whether you can do something or not, you just do it ?

This reminds me of when we record ourselves. When the red light is on (no, that's not a prostitute reference) we can often feel overly conscious of what we're doing. Our hands suddenly don't move as naturally as they did because there's extra scrutiny on our movements.

We can equate the act of really caring too much about what we're doing as extra pressure.

So how do we take that extra pressure away ? Care less.

But that sounds like an oxymoron right ? Why would we stop caring about something that is important to us ?

Well, of course it's not so black and white as that but we have to find the happy medium. We do often place way too much importance on our projects because we're too attached to them. Whether it's just a performance, a REC take or something bigger, we need to let go of the outcome of what we're doing. So we screw it up. Who cares ?

What's the worst that can happen ? Death and destruction ? Not likely. Chances are, it's not that bad. So do we really need to care ?

Of course we care about what we do. We just need to care less. When we stop caring so much, natural action takes over.

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