Systems

Your participation is a choice.

Systems are the guardrails we live within, as we go through our activities, and they always form side-by-side with human communities.

Systems are inevitable because they provide a uniformity and social contract — or said another way, they provide the basis for the expectations of all participants within its boundary.

We can split them into:

• Formal: think of Government, the work place and everywhere else where there is a written document that defines these rules

• Informal: think of culture/tradition, church, an association of friends, e.t.c.

As with everything that involves people, they come with both pros and cons.

Because of how ever-present they are, it’s very easy to fall into the mindset of: “there is no better option”; you might be right, but how would you know if you don’t try something else?

This is hard for formal systems, so it’s easier to try this with volitional systems: when was the last time you evaluated your participation?

Does it benefit you [read as: help your growth]?

Or are you simply just “going along”, even though you derive no joy from it?

Participation is a choice; no matter how much it might seem like “there is no better option”, you might be better off exploring to be certain.