I am in the process of learning how to write. Beyond writing this blog I have been watching courses on writing to hopefully someday be able to semi-competently writing a book. One of the topics I have been learning about is world building. The idea where you imagine the world you want your story to be set in so that you can describe things consistently and realistically. One warning the teacher gave though was to beware of world building forever and never getting around to actually writing the story.
There are at least two lessons we can pull from this. First, world building is important. Having a vision for your life, and what we want it to look like is extremely valuable. Imagining our lives in some future ideal state can help us be inspired and motivated today.
I want my kids to be intelligent, well educated, and generally competent people. I want to have good relationships with them. I want my marriage to be strong and for Debra and I to be best friends. I want to live in comfort and have the resources to enjoy my life, help people around me, and build cool things.
The other lesson comes from too much world building. If we spend too much time thinking and planning and imagining we can waste years building sky castles and never make the hard choices necessary to deliver on the dreams we have.
So dream and dream big, but once you've got a vision, stop dreaming and do the thing.
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