2986: Creation Over Consumption by Ali Cornish of Everthrive on Cultivating An Authentic Life

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 26 November 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 2986: Ali Cornish reflects on the shift from childhood creativity to adult consumption, emphasizing the importance of creating over consuming. She reminisces about imaginative play in her youth, contrasting it with the passive consumption that often characterizes adulthood. Ali advocates for reconnecting with our creative selves to add value to our lives and the world, rather than succumbing to the fleeting satisfaction of material possessions and digital distractions. Read along with the original article(s) here: http://everthrive.org/blog/2016/4/20/creation-over-consumption Quotes to ponder: "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." - George Bernard Shaw "Instant gratification is just that: instant, ephemeral, fleeting." "When we create or cultivate meaningfully, we thrive." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.2	favorite podcast player. This is optimal living daily episode 2986, creation over consumption by
0:36.4	Ali Cornish of ever-thrive.org and I'm your narrator Justin mollick reading you blogs
0:41.1	every single day of the year and without further ado let's get right to it as we optimize your life.
0:47.0	Creation overconsumion by Ali Cornish of ever-thrive.org
0:57.0	quote life isn't about finding yourself life is about creating yourself.
1:04.5	George Bernard Shaw.
1:06.7	When I was a child I spent my free time building forts with my brother.
1:10.6	We forged wood from nearby construction sites, acquired hammers and nails from the basement, and used power tools without consent.
1:18.0	Adjacent to our dream homes, we sandwiched a small oven rack between some bricks, producing a small but effective
1:24.3	stove where we roasted lunch meat to survive in our suburban Chicago backyard.
1:28.4	It was 1993 and we were about 10 years old. When indoors we drew, sculpted, painted, and cultivated various amphibious creatures and tanks scattered throughout our two-bedroom house shared with our parents and baby brother.
1:42.0	We wrote stories, played endless games of
1:45.1	Strutigo, and we're known to conduct elaborate puppet shows complete with sets, drapery
1:49.9	and lighting to entertain our parents during dinner.
1:53.2	We hit puberty and our activities no longer fully aligned.
1:57.2	He would go off with his friends who would spend hours in the neighbor's driveway perfecting
2:00.8	their kickflips, ollies, and writing fakey, while my best friend Julia and I play
2:05.9	dress up and filmed intricate scenes based on the relationship between a girl and an eccentric
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