What my 4 year old taught me about repetitive tasks
You learn from them as much as they learn from you
Three nights ago, I played a very monotonous game with my toddler. I had to distract him from screen time, so lacking other creative things I could have done, I carried him to the window and exclaimed, “It’s dark outside look!”
He got excited by my excitement and asked me to carry him to another window of the house to check if it was also dark. When we got there, and he checked for himself, he got ecstatic again.
He asked to go back to the first window to repeat the action. This continued three times before his seeing his excitement wasn’t exciting me. Yet, he was still as engaged in the activity as before and wanted to continue until exhaustion.
This excitement made me think of how we as adults lose interest in our tasks after the first couple of times. As soon as the novelty of the action wears off, we start looking for other sources for our dopamine hit.
But we shouldn’t be doing this. We should look forward to each activity with a little excitement. We will enjoy our lives more if we can keep a fresh outlook on such things.
Each day can’t be exciting or thrilling. After learning to do something, the task may get boring. But we need to learn to find solace in such activities. This way, we get as excited as a child playing the same game repeatedly.
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