What Makes You Tick?

Well, in all honesty, I'm a little bit saddened that it's already sunday, and that this precious sunday is ending...What's planned for tomorrow? Another boring dreary day of school. As always. School, my worst enemy, and yet apparently the most important thing to my future life.

Sometimes, I wonder what all this is for...you got your childhood years of enjoyment..and then you're swooped up into school, to follow the process for years and years of stressing over testing, homework, and the whole learning thing in general. Then, as you complete your K-12, you have to stress about ACT's, SAT's, college applications, and a whole slew of other things to move onto..more school..Yeah. I'm not a college student, so I don't know how much fun or lack of fun it is. Based on what I've discovered, it's usually pretty fun..but then there's also those classes that make you want to commit suicide, am I correct? Where the teacher will personally prevent you from obtaining a good grade even with hours and hours of studying? Well. Then you get out of college, and then you work for most of the rest of your life. Running around, getting up early, coming home, dealing with rush hour both ways, and then having to deal with the stresses of work itself..You spend decades of that shit..and then? And then sweet sweet retirement. Oh wait, you're already old and have to deal with all these problems with your body. Your hospital may or may not become your second home. You get to stay in a nursing home after a while..being fed like a baby from the nurses, and you just sit there, helpless. You eat, sleep, think, ponder...play a few games? Is retirement all that great when you're that old? Hell, you get retirement because you can't make it to work always, you got your medical problems, maybe some mental problems from stuff like Alzheimers..

..is it worth it? Can you not just sit and mellow down..enjoy your life while you still can? I'm assuming if you're reading this post, you are already past that infant age. Suppose you follow the traditional lifestyle that I've stated above. Your only "release" is at retirement..if you can call it a release...Isn't it possible to just sit and enjoy your life. Maybe you don't become "successful" or "make something of yourself"..but hell, at least you get to live your life to the fullest right?

If you can tell me what makes worth living life so traditionally..please tell me..I'm dying to know...

PLUR
Peace
--Allen