So, having already mentioned my issues with sticking to any one pursuit in life, having too many options and just seeing way too many possibilities, more than I could ever compare and therefore decide between, I think I have to write about something which has also been an issue for me throughout my life, which is work. Work is obviously something we all need to do, in order to survive in this world, but there’s one thing we should never forget when it comes to our traditionally accepted 9-to-5 lifestyle, which is that, like so many of the structures we take for granted in today’s world, it’s something we, as a society, invented, and therefore isn’t set in stone, it isn’t a fundamental reality of life, or of the planet we live in. Things can always be questioned, things can always change, and will always change, and in some places, they already are changing, when it comes to work. Whether they’re changing for the better, or whether these changes are being implemented in the correct ways, only time will, tell, I really don’t have the answers at all. I wish I was smart enough or understood society enough to be able to fix how things run, but as of now, I’m aware that I’m mostly alien to what really goes on behind the scenes of everything we think we know, and I know that everything is such an interconnected net at this point, of finances, of debt, of contracts, of treaties, of all sorts of agreements as well as disagreements. I know that it’s all a huge mess, impossible to untangle, much worse to untangle even than all my synth cables, which I have to try to sort out every time I move or add something in my studio area. What I mean is, I understand that society seems to “work,” as far as what we’ve created so far. We’ve come a long way from the days before we had electricity and the types of things that are basic for us today, without which we probably wouldn’t survive now, things we have grown accustomed to, and may even be addicted to by now. I know that even I benefit from this system, in many ways, and that it makes my life more comfortable and convenient, but does that mean that I should live as the system dictates in every area of my life without questioning it? What I’m getting at is that work, as it is now, seems unnatural to me. Most people I meet are unhappy with their jobs and are only doing them because they need the money, either to survive or to keep up a lifestyle they’ve become addicted to. I understand this isn’t the case for everyone, something which is hard for me to comprehend (not really, but kind of), but it seems to be for most people. Even if you’re comfortable with your job and you think the system generally works, is it exactly what you would be doing today if money wasn’t a factor? It’s such a cliché thing to say now, but it really is the truth, that money can always be replaced, but time is the only thing you can’t get back. It’s also true that it isn’t worth sacrificing your health for money, because ultimately that equals to shortening your time on earth, and again, time is the one thing that’s invaluable. It’s crazy how, even though we all know, deep inside, that we really have no clue as to why we are alive on this earth, what we are even doing here in the first place, we still choose to go on living. Even if we complain about every single thing, we still cherish every new day, even if subconsciously, and we long to live. We might not admit it, but we are glad that we have this time to be alive on this earth, we understand just how precious our time is. I’m only saying what we all already know, and now is the time to finally acknowledge that truth, and to finally live like we mean it. It’s time to take control of your life and truly make it your own, because when your time is up, no one else is leaving with you. So, I only got into introducing this bittersweet topic for now, so I’ll continue on it tomorrow. I appreciate you reading.
If you have a few minutes check out my instrumental trip-hop track ‘time flies.’ I appreciate you!
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