Just because

just because soomething doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless -- Thomas A Edison

What if we played with our hobbies and interests just for the fun of it? Simply because they make us happy? As a process rather than outcome?

What if the point isn’t actually to finish? What if a given completed project is the bonus?

For many, myself included, this is a shocking thought.

And interestingly liberating.

Regular creation without expectation.

sara jane case, enneagram and coffee

No one is counting on us, or waiting for what we produce.

dani shapiro, still writing

Is there such a thing as completed, anyway? Or is it merely a chosen or random point of pause with a given drawing, story, song, recipe, decoration, scarf, pottery, game, clothing ensemble, photograph...?

drawing of a little girl being tucked into bed, and then reading a book under the covers with a flashlight. "just because I'm finished doesn't mean I'm done"
Just Because, by Matthew McConaughey
Photo by Alana Sousa on Pexels.com

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