What MTA Do The Big Universities Use?

I’ve been thinking a lot about what matters in life recently–specifically
about focusing in on the things that matter, and trimming much of the rest.

One thing I keep returning to is creativity. Something I’ve noticed in
myself is that when I’m in the middle of building something I have very
little interest in acquiring new things. And when I feel idle and bored I
get the urge to go to Best Buy (or somewhere online) to pick something up.

Why?

Because at that moment, when I’m not doing anything productive, I start
telling myself that, “If I had this gadget it’d help me do x…”, which is
usually crap. We can create whenever we want, really; tools are seldom the
obstacle.

Anyway, the point is that I should be aware of this. Nothing makes me
happier than creating things. So the next question is “what qualifies as
creation”? This is a question I’ve been working on for some time now, and
I’m going to have a separate post on it soon.

But in the meantime, if you get the urge to purchase something it might be a
creativity void you’re trying to fill. And the gadget/widget/thing isn’t
going to help. ::