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[daizygoddess]

 The idea of the end of the world came up in conversation yesterday and I've been sort of pondering it today.  What happened was that someone was talking about the theory that our galaxy would implode or something in the year 2012, and my first response was something like, "well if that's the case then I'll change my plans".  So I was thinking

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[geinafets]

There is a Franklin prof who, in their youth, was diagnosed with something and told they had less than 2 years to live. They were in college at the time and decided that there is nothing else they'd rather do for the remainder of their life than study and learn. Fortunately, it turned out that they were misdiagnosed, and they were able to continue doing what they loved.

If I knew I would die soon (and were healthy enough to do this), I would say, "F-you student loans!" quit my job, leave the States, take my camera, and go take pictures all over the world until I died, not caring whether or not those pictures ever got published or made any money.

As I'm sure you know, I've thought about this kinda thing a lot lately. I don't understand why so many people submit themselves to being so miserable all the time and think that they *have* to be miserable if they want to get by. I don't understand why people assume you should hate your job. It's ridiculous. If I'm going to be doing something for thousands and thousands of hours in my life, I damn well hope it's fun or fulfilling or something. But I guess I'm not one to really talk, considering I hate where I live, I hate who I live with, and I hate where I work. It doesn't help they people tell me I should either deal with it or change it, when one shouldn't be an option and the other is easier said than done.

I wish I could just up and go do something that made me feel happy and fulfilled, but I have stupid responsibilities that I can't just abandon, no matter how much I want to. I still just hate that I can't be happy *AND* take care of those responsibilities at the same time. Apparently that's not how things are supposed to be.