What does it take before a person’s life is considered a mess? Is it generally addiction related, relationship related, incompetence related, or what? If a person knew only the following things about me and nothing else, what would the conclusions be? I’m just shy of 30 and rarely live in one place for more than a year. I haven’t held down a full time job for more than a year and a half and have had a smattering of random part time jobs. I have two bachelor’s degrees, neither of which I’m actually putting to use, both of which took me seven years to earn. Most of my closest friends I see less than once a year and I often forget to wish them a happy birthday or a merry Christmas. My mom has been taking care of my dog for the past 10 years and I kind of question my ability to properly care for a pet anymore. My little brothers are more used to talking to me on a computer than in person. I have zero savings, no house, no car, no career, no marriage, no kids, no nothing. All I’ve accumulated are experiences and gigabytes upon gigabytes of pictures. To some, I’m sure, my life is a mess. I’ve never thought about it until today, for some reason. I’ve never thought about what it takes to consider a person’s life a mess. I don’t know quite yet if I should label this life of mine a mess, or just a convoluted maze. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been told I’m young and have all the time in the world to figure things out, but some day not too far away, people are going to stop saying that, and all the time in the world will start to run short.
I start teaching full time tomorrow and I damn well better like it.
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hey, it's 10/10/10 today. cool. i'll leave a more china based post next time. sorry for the messiness.
(deleted one earlier because of typo :p )
Sounds like you have it more figured out than lots of people that have the house, car, job, but no meaningful life experiences.
So every day is a new fingerpainting? What a portfolio you will have! The people who paint by numbers will be in padded rooms. Enjoy!
Being human is complicated. Good luck with teaching..
hey buddy. i miss your mess.
and i hope our messes mesh again some day soon!
have a wonderful first day!
Most people would love to have your mess! They feel trapped in a life they can not change with a mortgage that is upside down, bills, marriage, a job they don't like. You are taking the time to figure out what will make you happy. Believe me you are taking on life in a very smart way! Love, Mom & Ozzie
E - That's all life is...a smattering mess of experiences. Enjoy the ones you got! Te pup - B
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