The Default State Cannot be Chaos

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There's a common trope in films, where a character has some sort of triggering moment, whether it's a eureka, or notice that something important is on the line, and they fall into this frantic obsession of building some sort of engineering marvel from scratch. Whether it's Sean Boswell and his Japanese friends rebuilding the old Mustang in Fast & Furious Tokyo Drift or every other Shonen Anime protagonist in a training montage. I will fill my thoughts on the dangers of film bleeding into our depictions of reality, but this popular trope ends up feeling true to most of us.

In an academic environment, most(if you were a responsible 19 year old you can exclude yourself) fall into this routine of mildly staying up to speed with coursework, and then pulling 10-20 hours sessions right before an exam or project deadline to knock it all out in one go. This is what I like to think of as a moment of chaos. Where the odds are stacked against one, and reality sets in, and one must kick into the frenzy of doing whatever it takes to succeed.

There's also places where this manifests, that don't follow the academic semester timeline. Namely one, the building and living of one's life(style). When I started writing this, I felt this topic was more of a project of my own habits, but thinking about it more, I think it's something that affects pretty most everyone I know, one way or another. The prolific hobbyist, the dating app wizard, the friend who can't seem to stop tearing his muscles.

Chaos and disorder are meant for environments and times where there is no other option. And this should strictly be 1 in 1000.

To build things of value, one cannot stack 90 Jenga pieces, one handed, with a time limit, on carpet. It takes a steady hand, a stable flat surface, a defense mechanism against your 3 year old cousin, and precision and feedback control from every individual block.

Brick by brick