Recently I have been thinking about curiosity. This past month was busy for a variety of reasons, but one of them was helping my daughter on her set design for the middle school play, Pandora’s Fire. A re-telling of the Pandora myth. One thing I like about the script is that it doesn’t make the curiosity of Pandoras completely negative. In fact her curiosity helps her to save the day at the end. the play links it to imagination. I was reminded of this today when I read this:

The lives of great thinkers teach us that learning is the verb of life. The trick to lifelong learning is to exercise your curiosity as much as you can and to let it guide you where it wants to go

It was on a blog post from Austin Kleon. Sometimes I worry that my interest in so many topics dilutes my ability to finish or achieve things. I have come to the realization that my curiosity is a driving force for me. But that force needs to be harnessed with some discipline in order to finish things. Otherwise I will just keep a never-ending breadcrumb trail of incomplete projects in my wake.

That should be my balance, getting work done (discipline) finding new things to keep my excited (imagination/curiosity). Every day is a struggle.