Can You Live an Unstructured Life and be Successful?

October 27th, 2021

By Robin Rainbow Gate

Guest Writer for Wake Up World

I think everyone is different, so I don’t feel I can generalize that one can or cannot live an unstructured life and be successful.

That said, I can speak from my experience:

First, know that Freedom is a primary value of mine. I so appreciate the freedom I have in my life to live where and how I want to. Sometimes I marvel at the freedom and goodness I am blessed with:

• I can walk in the mountains.
• I have the simple freedom of a healthy, flexible, perfectly formed, pain-free body.
• I can go to sleep when I like and wake up when I naturally do.
• I can eat a variety of foods.
• I can decide how my day goes, which activities I choose.
• I can live quite easily without a car.

These are just a few of the simple freedoms in the life I’ve created for myself.

I mentioned Freedom because to my mind, to be Free means I can flow as I like, do what I want when I like, have no plans, just BE. Implicit in this desire, which comes occasionally, is living without structure.

Living without Structure

I have realized, repeatedly, first-hand, however, that following that desire does not serve me well.

When I allow myself to simply flow without any structure, I find I soon feel depressed, or at least less happy.

Time and life extends too far out in front of me and I feel groundless.

Groundlessness is uncomfortable for me, and ultimately leads to dissatisfaction with myself, my life, my day – rather than feeling the satisfaction and connection with “who I really am” and the “universe” if I were to flow without any structure whatsoever.

It actually makes me feel weepy right now, just thinking of it.

So, as much as I understand and even crave structurelessness, it doesn’t really serve me and so I have learned to avoid that calling into the void.

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