Our circle activities this week are designed to explore the idea of how we learn to do things we don’t want to do.

Q: How do we deal with it when we don’t feel like doing things?

We had a great opening conversation yesterday especially when someone declared immediately:

“See, that’s why I can’t wait to be an adult. Adults never have to do anything they don’t want to do.”

Yep, that’s why we do this work: puncturing that illusion early. I would love to hear This American Life talk to strangers about all the things they had to do over the course of the day that they didn’t want to do.

That being said, part of our goal and it’s certainly a goal of mine, is to help our fellow human beings figure out how to structure a life where nearly everything you do has a purpose and that the things you don’t want to do (say making a real lunch for your children every morning at 6:00 AM) support objectives that are important to you (having healthy children).