Creation vs. Consumption

I am quickly realizing how little time I take to truly be creative and how much consumption has become my default mode.

Instead of writing I watch a movie. Instead of taking the time to learn a new recipe, chop, and cook- I fry up a quesadilla. Instead of writing a friend a letter (or more realistically, a heart-felt email), I aimlessly wander The Facebook. What's up with that?

I guess the simplest and honest answer for my choosing consumption over creation is that it clearly takes no brain power. In the words of my hilarious grandma, "I just don't like to think...I let your grandpa do that." Seriously!? Am I so lazy that I'd just rather not think, make the minimal mental effort, and simply consume rather than creat!? I don't know.

Alfred Adler argued that the driving force behind all human behavior was creativity. That is, that we are creative by nature. But if that's true, we are we also so clearly driven by consumption?

Anyhow, I'm going to finish watching All About My Mother...I'll get back to you with the answer.