pointless rant #1
I was up ridiculously late last night, thinking about goodness knows what. But I do remember thinking about a particular subject right as I was falling asleep.
I find what the American culture calls "life" frustrating beyond measure.
I do not believe, in any way, that we as a society should be forced to accept that we will spend the majority of our lives in a career. At 22, I already feel like my experiences and relationships take a backseat to the responsibilities that our way of life tells me I need to have.
I would much rather spend my hundred years on this planet traveling, seeing it's beauty, and learning from and building relationships with all of the incredible people that I have yet to meet.
not squeezing my entire social and family life into 48 hours every week.
If there is a god, and I'd like to believe there is.. I don't feel that we were created in these bodies, with the intelligence they posses, to waste our lives and energy behind a desk.
Of course labor is a substantial part of every functioning society, but in American culture, the "9 to 5" has turned into an unnecessary part of what I am being told will be my future.
I work 40 hours a week, and could do the amount of work that is necessary to accomplish in those 40 hours in about 15 if I needed to. But heaven forbid I don't dedicate 40 hours every week to my "duties an American citizen".
All that matters to me are the people I hold close, and the quality time I get to spend with them. THAT is what life is about. People. And our amazing and unique ability to love each other.
I'm over San Diego.
Over California.
Over the superficial day to day hustle and bustle that never gets you anything but more stress and worry.
I just wish I had more to look forward to in the upcoming years.
I refuse to be financially unstable...and for that, I am destined to be a slave in the working world.
Hooray.
With that being said, I'm not actually in a bad mood. Today is an extra day off! So I'm going to grocery shop and snuggle my boyfriend. <3
I find what the American culture calls "life" frustrating beyond measure.
I do not believe, in any way, that we as a society should be forced to accept that we will spend the majority of our lives in a career. At 22, I already feel like my experiences and relationships take a backseat to the responsibilities that our way of life tells me I need to have.
I would much rather spend my hundred years on this planet traveling, seeing it's beauty, and learning from and building relationships with all of the incredible people that I have yet to meet.
not squeezing my entire social and family life into 48 hours every week.
If there is a god, and I'd like to believe there is.. I don't feel that we were created in these bodies, with the intelligence they posses, to waste our lives and energy behind a desk.
Of course labor is a substantial part of every functioning society, but in American culture, the "9 to 5" has turned into an unnecessary part of what I am being told will be my future.
I work 40 hours a week, and could do the amount of work that is necessary to accomplish in those 40 hours in about 15 if I needed to. But heaven forbid I don't dedicate 40 hours every week to my "duties an American citizen".
All that matters to me are the people I hold close, and the quality time I get to spend with them. THAT is what life is about. People. And our amazing and unique ability to love each other.
I'm over San Diego.
Over California.
Over the superficial day to day hustle and bustle that never gets you anything but more stress and worry.
I just wish I had more to look forward to in the upcoming years.
I refuse to be financially unstable...and for that, I am destined to be a slave in the working world.
Hooray.
With that being said, I'm not actually in a bad mood. Today is an extra day off! So I'm going to grocery shop and snuggle my boyfriend. <3