Fellow city dwellers,
While I was waiting for my coffee today, an order was called out. The barista called out, "decaf skinny latte!". These three words really got me thinking.
Is this how we, people living big city lives, want out lives to be? Decaf and skinny? Do we hide behind this vail of perfect lives, perfect jobs, and pretend our lives are full and exciting every day, but in reality they are just decaf and skinny?
Everyday I see people running with food in their hands, trying to eat their lunch on the go while drinking coffee AND talking on the phone. I see people stressed, sad, unhappy. Of course there are many happy faces as well, but the question is WHY are there so many sad and stressed ones?
In middle school, students are encouraged to work hard to get into a good high school. When high school comes, it is all about getting the best grades to get into a respectful university. In universities, students are pushed to get the highest marks and do internships in order to get good employment in which they go to after they graduate. When do we get to live? Are we scared to do something out of the ordinary? Are we scared of trying?
The society has set some kind of norms for us, get a "good job" in an office, excel at it, when you have a good steady income start a family and move to a house. For many, the good jobs that people refer to are not all appealing, and yet we go into them for their status, the money, the security. Sitting in an office, day after day, staring at the computer, running off to meetings, running errands. Not desirable.
No matter what line of work you are in, as long as you are not doing what you want to be doing 100%, there'll always be something you regret missing out on, not trying.
I envy those sad faces that break off from the norm and follow their dreams. Even if it is hard to change the line of work, start up your own business, find clients; their faces change. They join those people who smile and laugh in the mornings. They join the happy faces.
Now for a finish, a cliche yet inspiring quote:
While I was waiting for my coffee today, an order was called out. The barista called out, "decaf skinny latte!". These three words really got me thinking.
Is this how we, people living big city lives, want out lives to be? Decaf and skinny? Do we hide behind this vail of perfect lives, perfect jobs, and pretend our lives are full and exciting every day, but in reality they are just decaf and skinny?
Everyday I see people running with food in their hands, trying to eat their lunch on the go while drinking coffee AND talking on the phone. I see people stressed, sad, unhappy. Of course there are many happy faces as well, but the question is WHY are there so many sad and stressed ones?
In middle school, students are encouraged to work hard to get into a good high school. When high school comes, it is all about getting the best grades to get into a respectful university. In universities, students are pushed to get the highest marks and do internships in order to get good employment in which they go to after they graduate. When do we get to live? Are we scared to do something out of the ordinary? Are we scared of trying?
The society has set some kind of norms for us, get a "good job" in an office, excel at it, when you have a good steady income start a family and move to a house. For many, the good jobs that people refer to are not all appealing, and yet we go into them for their status, the money, the security. Sitting in an office, day after day, staring at the computer, running off to meetings, running errands. Not desirable.
No matter what line of work you are in, as long as you are not doing what you want to be doing 100%, there'll always be something you regret missing out on, not trying.
I envy those sad faces that break off from the norm and follow their dreams. Even if it is hard to change the line of work, start up your own business, find clients; their faces change. They join those people who smile and laugh in the mornings. They join the happy faces.
Now for a finish, a cliche yet inspiring quote:
"Twenty years form now you will be more
dissapointed by the things that you didn't do than
the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade
winds in you sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
~ Mark Twain
Be courageous! Sit down for a coffee, think and know what it is that you want in life. Don't be afraid to follow it. With the city offering so many opportunities, don't miss out.
I wish you all a wonderful and inspiring day,
Toodles.
