You know, I've never understood the philosophy "Life is Short." Yes, it's true that 'time flies when you're having fun,' but how often are we really having fun?
We get up, race to get somewhere, whether work or school, and if you're an adult at all, you bust your tushie at it, then you come home, hurry up and feed yourself, try to grab a few minutes of time for yourself, and then go to sleep.
Although days can fly quickly, many days can also seem loonnggg. What about those 45 minutes until you can go get some lunch? Or those of us blessed with 'meetings.' Or that week when you're broke and are just waiting for Friday/payday. It seems like it will never get here.
The older I've gotten, the shorter years appear to me, for example, US postage rates. The fact that they're 44 cents just seems unreal. But even though years can be quicker, days aren't always. When I was a kid, days did seem much longer, but, honestly, there was less that 'needed' to be done.
I don't really want to live to old age. Don't wory, it's not a death wish. But I think that I've been working for almost 20 years, and have 30 more years until I can retire just sounds... dreadful. Scraping to pay bills every month... for how many more years? This isn't something that I really enjoy thinking about.
What are thoughts that other people have on this? I'm really curious!
We get up, race to get somewhere, whether work or school, and if you're an adult at all, you bust your tushie at it, then you come home, hurry up and feed yourself, try to grab a few minutes of time for yourself, and then go to sleep.
Although days can fly quickly, many days can also seem loonnggg. What about those 45 minutes until you can go get some lunch? Or those of us blessed with 'meetings.' Or that week when you're broke and are just waiting for Friday/payday. It seems like it will never get here.
The older I've gotten, the shorter years appear to me, for example, US postage rates. The fact that they're 44 cents just seems unreal. But even though years can be quicker, days aren't always. When I was a kid, days did seem much longer, but, honestly, there was less that 'needed' to be done.
I don't really want to live to old age. Don't wory, it's not a death wish. But I think that I've been working for almost 20 years, and have 30 more years until I can retire just sounds... dreadful. Scraping to pay bills every month... for how many more years? This isn't something that I really enjoy thinking about.
What are thoughts that other people have on this? I'm really curious!
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