Jun 03, 2009 17:46
I hate it when people talk about time. All of that "Carpe Diem", "every moment is precious","live your life" stuff. You know what, screw you. It all sounds so inspirational but there are certain realities that we just can't avoid. I have school work to do, when I'm not doing that I have a job that I have to put up with to pay for that school work (well, I will), I have cleaning and obligations. These are not things that I would be doing if I had a choice. And once I'm finally finished working and can relax I end up feeling like a lazy jerk for spending my time watching TV on the couch. I would love to travel and adventure, have experiences, but it's not an option for me all of the time.
So who are you to make me feel like I'm taking my life for granted because of it? You're probably not any better. Talking about every second that passes, we'll never get it back. Well, what was so special about that second? Sometimes great things happen to us, sometimes those seconds are meaningful. We need to learn to appreciate those special seconds rather than spend our time lamenting over the lame seconds. We can't be having sweeping, epic experiences all of the time so stop worrying about it. Why don't you just do something productive? Maybe after you've worked hard enough you can afford those experiences that you want so desperately to have. Once you've acutally accomplished something you can do work that you love and every day will be the excitement that you're looking for.
Or maybe, instead of complaining about the futility of life you can practice what you preach. While I may think that you'll just exhaust yourself, why don't you just go for it? Get out the door, do something eventful. If you want your life to change then change it! Don't just sit around waiting for experiences, go out and get them! They're not waiting for you. They're having too much fun. It's up to you. If you want something out of life then you're going to have to make something out of it.