Asking me what I want of life seems to be the pet peeve of people around me these days. To them I have to say, this and this. (The first link brought to my attention by him).
So, I have been doing some soul searching and have arrived at the conclusion that... Well, I haven't really arrived at any conclusion. Who do you think I am? Socrates? How well do you know me to expect me to arrive at any conclusion.
The famous sunscreen video tells me,
"Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t."
I like that video. The words of wisdom he dispenses make so much sense.
"Sometimes you are ahead, sometimes you are behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself."
That, and this poem.
But all that thinking has brought up some rather interesting.. theories? ideas? questions?
1. Independence and security. Why does it feel like you might have to sacrifice one for the other.
2. I remember watching an episode of Star Trek where Captain Kirk says something to the effect of, "In todays world people don’t work for money but rather for personal fulfillment."
This is my idea of Utopia. This, and free communication and travel. I believe(or want to believe) that we are getting there. We have more flexibility in our choice of careers than our parents did. We ask ourselves what we wish to do the rest of our lives(which in turn leads to lame posts, such as this). The cost of communication these days is about $35/month (in US). Travel has gone from virtually impossible to comes at a price. Looks we are getting there.
3. I have a theory that the purpose of life is to be happy. So try and be happy and try and keep the people around you happy. If they are happy, they are more likely to keep you happy and so on. A positive feedback control system of sorts.
4. Where marriage fits into this whole equation I still can't figure out. Ugh.
Borrowed the books, The Selfish Gene & Darwin's Dangerous Idea in an attempt to better understand how we work. Currently reading The Bonfire of the Vanities. What I take away from the book. Men are ***s. (Clue to the missing letters. Starts with a P. Ends with a G. And rhymes with Fig.)
Interesting psychiatric/neurological ailments I got to know of lately. (Thanks to House MD.)
Munchausen Syndrome
Bipolar disorder
