Not far from Granite Park Chalet. Oberlin is in center horizon.
Planned freedom.
Heard the phrase “planned freedom” yesterday listening to Michael Eisner talk about the summer camp he attended growing up. His father also attended. Michael’s three sons attended. The camp is 100+ years old now. The 2005 recording, called ‘Camp‘, was recorded by Disney Records.
A legendary Camp Director built ‘planned freedom’ into every camper’s daily schedule.
This unstructured time’s origin stems from the belief that young people – boys in this example -need time to follow their interests. And camp allowed for many choices of activities, or, no activities at all. Perhaps, instead, opting to play cards back at their tent with friends.
The goal was to let each camper exercise their own agency with their ‘unplanned time’.
How they planned it was a freedom centered on self-discovery.
‘Unplanned freedom’, in my opinion is what (potentially) leads adults to a growth-mindset lifestyle.
And a growth-mindset lifestyle, from the magic of doubling in my opinion, leads to a freedom only mental vibrancy provides.
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