I think John Lennon said it best, "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." I know we (and that is including your spouse) have to earn a paycheck from 8 - 5 to support our families, but that doesn't mean it has to be our identity. Get out there and enjoy your life before it passes you by. Take a long weekend and visit a place where there are no running engines, only running water. Try talking to someone you don't know and get past 'how ya doing' part. Find out about them and how they experience the world. Spend one evening with no TV or 24 hours with no electricity. You may just learn something new.
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Just what the doctor ordered! A nice dose of reality is just what I need. The reality of life is that things can change in an instance, and I want to make sure that I don't miss a thing. It's when your not planning for an adventure that you find yourself on one! Great Blog. I'll be back!
Well put. I think Generation X is the first generation to become completely lost in the maddening crowd of consumerism. To extract yourself from the omnipresent cloud of technology and media propoganda means a complete segregation from modern society a la Orwell's 1984 (i.e. almost an impossibility). Can it be done (beyond just a cursory level, as in limiting TV one night, etc.)? Maybe it can... one blog at a time.
"We grew up way too fast
And now there's nothing to believe
Reruns all become our history".
- The Goo Goo Dolls
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