Zach Phillips, on doing things without reason:
Ask a child why they’re building a tower or moving on from the current crayon to choose another color. They’ll just look at you funny or mumble something incoherent.
The real answer is something like “…..because fuck you, that’s why, stop asking dumb questions.”
Studies have shown over and over again that if you take a kid who naturally doodles and draws pictures and then institute a “reward” (reason) for their drawing, they will draw less.
Yet we try to motivate ourselves with reasons.
I think a lot can be learned from the behaviour of children. Especially when trying to navigate the various assumptions and judgement that exists in society as adults. Mostly because children haven't had to deal with the various pressures from society, and aren't burdened by the usual problems that we invent for ourselves.
Some quotes that I think are appropriate to this post:
"Stay hungry. Stay foolish." - Steve Jobs
"Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They forget. They don't remember what it's like to be 12 years old. They patronize, they treat children as inferiors. Well I won't do that." - Walt Disney
“Even though you want to try to, never grow up” - Peter Pan