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Today I am feeling quite happy. It may be because I just had a coffee, or maybe because there is old, good Muse on the stereo.
Yesterday however, I was getting kinda depressed. And for perhaps the most stupid of reasons.
When we are little kids everyone likes to tell us that we can do anything we want. And we can achieve any grand scheme that we can dream up. We are taught history and we see that people built cities, conquered nations, created great works of art and invented ingenious devices. As a child I was pretty damn smart, and I thought that it was a given that I would do at least one of these things if not more. My name was supposed to go down in the history books. And now that I am approaching my thirties I have to accept the fact that right now it looks like there is a 99.9999999995% chance that I will be forgotten and I will never achieve anything of great worth.
Part of the reason for this is that, in order to get anything done in this world you seem to require a mixture of nepotism and luck. The other part of the reason for this is that I am a lazy bastard. (Also, maybe I'm not good enough to do anything of significance?)
Basically I want to build Australia's own version of Manhattan in the North-West of our great state, release a critically acclaimed album, have my own personal philosophies quoted in high school yearbooks worldwide and retire to riches and interesting adventures. Is that really so much to ask?
Yesterday however, I was getting kinda depressed. And for perhaps the most stupid of reasons.
When we are little kids everyone likes to tell us that we can do anything we want. And we can achieve any grand scheme that we can dream up. We are taught history and we see that people built cities, conquered nations, created great works of art and invented ingenious devices. As a child I was pretty damn smart, and I thought that it was a given that I would do at least one of these things if not more. My name was supposed to go down in the history books. And now that I am approaching my thirties I have to accept the fact that right now it looks like there is a 99.9999999995% chance that I will be forgotten and I will never achieve anything of great worth.
Part of the reason for this is that, in order to get anything done in this world you seem to require a mixture of nepotism and luck. The other part of the reason for this is that I am a lazy bastard. (Also, maybe I'm not good enough to do anything of significance?)
Basically I want to build Australia's own version of Manhattan in the North-West of our great state, release a critically acclaimed album, have my own personal philosophies quoted in high school yearbooks worldwide and retire to riches and interesting adventures. Is that really so much to ask?