I am not a game person. They seem like a waste of mental energy and pointless competition. But I have some exceptions. I like the interaction that games encourage. You get to let your hair down and have some fun with people. Scrabble has some appeal because at least you are making words. I so predate video games that I remember Asteroids and Pacman. The only video game I ever played much was Tetris which I played on my son’s original Gameboy.
The game reminds me of a couple of things. I am good at packing things, like cars for road trips and moving trucks. My son reminded me that it is like a giant game of Tetris. He also said he doesn’t know how to pack a car to this day because I always did it.
Tetris also reminds me of big projects with a lot of moving pieces and things that need to be decided at a seemingly increasing rate.
This move we are making to Tennessee is that kind of project. The fact that our son and family are moving at about the same time adds an additional element as we try to figure out how to get our stuff done and help each other. We just merged our calendars a few days ago. It looks like our lull might be short-lived as I need to make several phone calls this week and hopefully move Patty’s Beadmomma shop and my library to storage.
I have been responsible for numerous large projects on the job and at home. They seem like a never-ending story. You make a list and dive into an item only to find another long list that you didn’t really count on. Finally, you think you are done but discover more things that need attention. Almost always with big projects something goes wrong or something unexpected happens.
Have you ever thought about how much of life, or any job, or any craft is problem solving? Our response to those problems is a key juncture. You can get depressed. I have done that. You can get mad. I have done that. Or you can get busy dealing with it. Sometimes I have done that. Positive energy is always better than negative energy. One works at getting things done. The other digs a deeper hole.
I hope this all makes some sense.
