Have you ever heard of making the most of your life? Seizing the day? Carpe diem?
I often wondered, how do we do that? What can or should we do every day that our day wasn't wasted?
Isn't it a waste of our precious time if we go to work? Especially if we have rather unproductive jobs?
But what should or could we do instead? Some of the things we could do today will also affect the future.
These days, young people seem to seize the day by partying, spending A LOT of money and going on a lot of shopping sprees and vacations. But because the time from 18-30 is usually the decisive time where we either set the foundation for our financial future and a possible shot at (moderate) wealth, those same young people will most likely end up in deep debt, expecting the government and taxpayers to bail them out.
I am someone who always pinches every penny, waiting for my life to begin and being set up by then.
But my plan for my future always included someone by my side to share it with (like my grandparents had). And now that getting and staying married has become a thing of impossibility, I really don't see what the point of having money is or would be. If you have nobody to enjoy it with, why pursue it?
The same goes for career. I honestly couldn't care less to have some title because I think it's silly to get our thrills by caring what people we don't really know or care about might think of us.
But then what is the purpose of life? How should we live it? Aren't we always dependent on people around us? I mean, even if we live far off alone, we still need things such as a working economy, people to trade with, etc.
And yet the trend seems to be to live life as selfish and short-sighted as possible. Of course I sometimes wonder if I am wrong not to live that way. But it just seems wrong to me, especially because I feel so stuck in my routine. But I can't think of anything I could change so drastically that wouldn't involve a lot of money or a move to another location.
And for some things, such as getting paid for work, we pretty much HAVE to wait, right?
I still believe in the Bible wisdom "The last will be the first in the end!"
How about you? How do you live your life or think we should live ours?
