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WALK & TALK EP.5 | Learning just to enjoy things
On the night of my 40th, one month ago to the day, I went on a midnight walkabout in and around Sydney’s Darling Harbour. I was very happy to be here; a city just over the ‘ditch’ from NZ that had somehow taken me nine years to visit. And, there was a lot I wanted to mull over.
Hours earlier I had been enjoying a dual piano orchestra in the famous Sydney Opera House, but I found myself wondering whether I’d need to pick up the violin again to truly appreciate their music and craft. As I travelled down the dark harbour blocks, I was questioning whether I should have studied architecture as the only way to appreciate these sights more too — like a scholarly fear of missing out of some deeper meaning. Wanting to process these thoughts got me moving.
▶️ What we’re walking and talking through today
- The compulsion to participate: Wrestling with that urge to turn every passive joy into a new project as if we need to earn the right to appreciate them.
- Literally looking up: Embracing the appearance of being a tourist so that one can admire the spaces you’re in and unashamedly take in the view.
- Resisting the urge to produce ‘content’: Noticing the impulse to turn every quiet thought or enjoyable moment into something to be shared.
New to the show? Welcome to Walk and Talk with Geoff Wilson: an audio log of unedited thoughts and on-the-move reflections about the internal struggles, mindful motivations, and tiny joys in our everyday lives. Expect each of these podcast episodes to be of indeterminate length, frequency, guests, and heavy breathing as I ruminate aloud while covering a kilometre or two of the hilly spaces I’m covering.
Put on your headphones and shoes, then come along for a walk with me! 👟🎧
