Being done with school (for good) and unemployment gives one a lot of time to do nothing. I know I have abandoned this blog for too long. I can't even come up with a good excuse on why I have not been blogging. But i suspect it is mostly due to me being uninspired by anything for the longest time.
Being in school has a way to keep you preoccupied without your consent. Assignments, research, term papers and classes work in ways that sucks your energy. I cannot deny that I was victim to such a routine and energy consuming cycle. Before I had time to stop and breathe without thinking of what i need to do next, I'm already done with school. I guess that is how life catches up on you.
You do what needs to be done and before you know it, you are already done. However there is a twist to this. You do what you need to do because they tell you that is what people do. So you do it. You keep at it and then when you're done, all you feel is empty. Like the doing is just a way to pass time.
The danger i think is that we study/work and allow the years to pass us by. We keep thinking that we have time to do what we really want in life. To pursue our dreams and passions but we perpetually put it off because we think we should be doing something conventional. Something that provides security and stability. The tragedy is that we let life get in the way and then if we are lucky, someone or something triggers us to stop and reflect on our lives. Moving us to take action and take steps towards the direction that we were always meant to go. But not all of us are lucky to have such a trigger. I hope this year we do not get caught up with triviality (like every other year) and get to the stuff that absolutely matters to us. Because really we only live once and age is catching up on us too fast.
