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I saw Claudia Schmidt tonight at the Ark in Ann Arbor, and it was really really good. There were a few things that she said that stand out in particular, well for me at least. The first was when she was describing being busy; it went along the lines of people claim they are busy to sound important and impress others, and then she pointed out that you never hear anyone saying, "I am striving to be an underachiever." I laughed my ass off because I am not striving to be an underachiever, I am one. I have been asked so many times what my plans are for the future and what I am going to do when I am done wiht undergrad, and every time I just say, "I don't know." For a while I had plans, but than I realized whats teh point? Life changes too rapidly for me to do anything about it, so why not just sit back and enjoy. I love my life and I don't think it could get any better.
THe second thing that Schmidt said was 90% of her destiny is spent in the window of a diner passing from breakfast into lunch. Now I thought this was a really novel concept, because how does one only fulfill 90% of their destiny? Usually when I hear that someone has completed their destiny its referring to the whole fucking thing, not just part. It never occured to me that there can be a percentage factor to ones destiny. It makes me wonder what percentage of my destiny has been completed, and if its at 100% will I be able to keep it up. Oh well.
THe final thing I want to touch on is the idea of a doorway. Some people see doorways as an exit out of their current situation. I see doorways as a portal to something new. Once again, is the glass half-full or half-empty. Or as my one friend put it, "I drank the water in the glass."
THe second thing that Schmidt said was 90% of her destiny is spent in the window of a diner passing from breakfast into lunch. Now I thought this was a really novel concept, because how does one only fulfill 90% of their destiny? Usually when I hear that someone has completed their destiny its referring to the whole fucking thing, not just part. It never occured to me that there can be a percentage factor to ones destiny. It makes me wonder what percentage of my destiny has been completed, and if its at 100% will I be able to keep it up. Oh well.
THe final thing I want to touch on is the idea of a doorway. Some people see doorways as an exit out of their current situation. I see doorways as a portal to something new. Once again, is the glass half-full or half-empty. Or as my one friend put it, "I drank the water in the glass."