All I long for, all I have longed for for years is to retire (prior to wanting to retire, my ambition was to play). Given a chance not to work, I would take it. However, this is not because of laziness or some inherent trait of sloth. Rather it is because I want to pursue my own interests and ideas; I want to do my own thing. One of the saddest things I find in talking with people about not working (aside from obvious disapproval) is that they like working, they would get bored not working, after all, there is only so much TV one can watch. Hmmm ... a pretty sad comment I think. I have a mind full of ideas. There are lots of things which grab my interest, which distract me as I journey through life. Finding what I want to do is hard., because every week I can have a new thing I want to pursue. Some might argue that I am not disciplined. Definitely, I am a poor finisher - great starter, but lousy finisher. I believe I have found what my ideal job would be: owning and running an incubato
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why one of your recent posts is blank?did you delete it?
(it's really hard trying to comment here)
I don't think a writer's life is that appealing unless they really make an effort to balance the aloneness with connecting with people. I can see that once they get into it, they don't even notice the time pass.
The quote is true really. I have had it happen to me a few times now, that I felt like someone was dictating to me the words from somewhere else. It was eerie..I couldn't keep up with how fast they came to me and when I looked at the whole thging at the end, I was really moved. Words from another spirit world? Or from some excavation of my soul..brain? Whatever..it was a neat experience.
I love people, but definitely need time alone to recharge (significantly more time then others).
The problem with the way we approach life is that we are taught (or encouraged) to sacrifice everything for the sake of working, of being a drone.
barbara: I think it depends what you write about. In truth, most of it is pretty easy, it is just a qustion of being oneself and having time to compose ones thoughts (though, not so much time that we keep trying to make it better and, in the end, do nothing).
Blog writing is definitely a good way to get a habit.
ghee: hmmm, I don't want to ask :P