Monday, September 5, 2011

Dutch spontaneity

Something that really makes me happy are spontaneous activities. Last weekend I had one again - I had a (not spontaneous) meetup with a friend and all of a sudden we were with the 5 of us. One after the other hooked up. The weather was beautiful and we were at a very cute food & wine festival here in Amsterdam. So the circumstances were with us!

I hear a couple of you think "Is that so hard, to be spontaneous?" It shouldn't be, your right. But for Dutchies it sometimes is - we live by our agenda. This makes unscheduled actions quite a rare phenomenon. Although you are being unprogrammed yourself (or at least trying te be) people around you stick to a rigorous program. Downside of the combination is that it is difficult to 'fit in' the other's program spontaneously - we should reserve some time in our agenda for spontaneous actions.

What I think is the fun side of this spontanity is that you end up in unexpected settings, meet new people and land at unexpected occasions. Like last weekend, where it all started at the food & wine festival, suddenly we were witnessing an open air concert on one of the canals after which we were participants in a karaoke show. Spontaneity it is!