Anti work rant
Growing up is hard. There isn't a day goes by without me thinking: Why the hell would anyone want to grow up? So, I'm only at college and, sure what do I know about the potential joys of adulthood - I'm barely skirting its edges at the moment. But I do know that what I see of it from my educational ivory tower, I don't much like. I mean, let's take jobs for a start shall we? You gotta have a job. There's no choice in the matter: you gotta have a job, and it's gotta pay enough. Most probably, that'll require you to work five days a week. Five days a week!? Man, that's crazy! That only leaves TWO for yourself and everything else you might be. OK, so you could go part-time or what have you, but that means making sacrifices which to be honest, no-one seems willing to make. And besides, if you want that fancy car, house, well-kept wife, well-educated kids and a nice little place by the sea, you're gonna have to keep plugging away, nose-to the grindstone. So much so that you forget what the hell you got in to this thing for in the first place, so that you just keep doing it cos it's all you know.
Work and buy, that's the mantra. Until you get to 60, 65 when you're retired like a lame old dog. At that point you don't care how you spend your time, you're just glad to be out. You're broken, bent double by the workaholic life you led. Death, inevitably, follows. Then there's the responsibility. Financially predominantly. Selecting the right mortgage, loans, current accounts, districts, schools, burial plot. No way! I don't want any of that! The reason I'm studying is NOT to get a high-powered job or attract the right kind of mate. The reason I'm studying is because I want to learn. I want to KNOW. The rest is symptom, and I'm not willing to sacrifice my joy at knowledge, and my will to keep learning for the sake of the norm. No way.
Sorry. Bit of a rant there. Just been cooped up here for too long. I need some sun! Here's a toast to resistance!