What did, or do you want out of life?

tonka · Post by **tonka** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 1:27 pm

The question has been popping in and out of my head for years, what do i want? As a kid you always have dreams of what your going to be when you grow up, if any of us ever in fact really 'grow up', but aside from career choices and all that, what would you really want to see happen to your life, and the world around you?

I want to deconstuct the importance of time in todays society, one of the biggest weights i constantly have on my mind is how early do i have to wake up in the morning, how long can i sit and write, or stare out the window at passers by in a familliar coffee shop before i have to get back in my car only to arrive at a pre-arranged happenning in my life? I long for a world where time is not the biggest of issues.

What would you like?

BlueBirdPoof · Post by **BlueBirdPoof** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 1:36 pm

tonka wrote: I want to deconstuct the importance of time in todays society, one of the biggest weights i constantly have on my mind is how early do i have to wake up in the morning, how long can i sit and write, or stare out the window at passers by in a familliar coffee shop before i have to get back in my car only to arrive at a pre-arranged happenning in my life? I long for a world where time is not the biggest of issues.

(My new id has not come through yet.)
In case you don't know--when Europeans first started regulating laborers with clocks, the clocks were often smashed by the laborers. Perhaps they were on to something. Clocks are another of those tools that make poor masters.

tonka · Post by **tonka** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 1:40 pm

perhaps. i dont like clocks. and now i have a picture in my head of capitain hook off of peter pan smashing all his clocks and trying to kill that poor old crocidile...

tonka · Post by **tonka** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 1:41 pm

and im sorry to hear about you bird.

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 5:45 pm

I want to win this...

http://www.calottery.com/

KellY · Post by **KellY** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 6:13 pm

What would you do with it if you did?

tonka · Post by **tonka** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:44 am

i would have so much fun with that much money!

id travel. and probably just hand out cash to any awesome people i know. i'd be like, "hey! heres a hundred dollars! go get yourself something nice."

and then once it all ran out. i'd just turn all bum-backpacker style and chill around europe or something... it would be a blast.

oh. and trash a hotel rock star style. ive always wanted to do that.

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:51 am

well, first...

finish up my current project at work and then quit.
set up a trust with a large chunk of it so that if I totally freak out I will still have piles of cash steadily coming in for the rest of my life.
Next, all good friends get hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Then, travel. I figure it will take me at least 2 years to really find out where I want to live a majority of the time.
Of course, there always the massive BM art projects to attend to...
after all that I would settle down and devote a chunk of time to political reform and gardening.

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 1:08 pm

What would you do with it if you did?

I think I'd go back to work the next day.

Seriously.

tonka · Post by **tonka** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 1:17 pm

im sure if i had a cool job i loved i would, at least for a little while go back (while i take occasional trips to mec buying some hella-neat back packing stuff getting me ready for my chillin trip around the world.

I figure it will take me at least 2 years to really find out where I want to live...

>2 years? i dont think ill ever really make up my mind. ill be all over the place until im 90 years old and am tied down with an oxygen tank and on life support.

depros · Post by **depros** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 11:37 pm

After thinking about the question, I came to an unexpected conclusion. I think that I may just want whatever comes to me. Experience is usually good in some way, whether or not they are good or bad things that happen. It may hurt, but one can learn a very valuable lesson, and if the lesson is taken to heart, one can ultimately become a better person. I think that good experiences sometime go unnoticed or at least taken for granted. Bad experiences hurt, and like when you touch fire, you will always remember it, and usually makes one a better person in some way in the future. Experience is priceless. So I guess my answer would be let life come to me and what I choose to get out of it, with actions i choose in any given situation. will dictate what I actually desire, for my actions dictate who I will be. Accepting the now rather than dreaming of the future. I know I am jumping furhter into the question, and not really answering the question, but its just a thought that popped into my head upon reading the question.

ZenRascal · Post by **ZenRascal** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 1:48 am

What I want most is passion. Not just the heavy breathing kind, but passion for life. I try to live passionately every day.

When I was younger my life was filled with schedules, responsibilities, duties, accomplishments ... a neverending agenda of being busy. I was a head person whose inner emotional landscape was like foreign territory.

Through much living and personal growth, I now tend to lead with my feelings, gut instinct, intuition & emotions. I've discovered I can be extremely peaceful with this inner self. Oh the left brain is still there tagging along for the ride, trying to make sense of things as best it can and sometimes stopping me from doing something really stooopid. And sometimes it can even do some fun & useful parlor tricks.

The heart & soul feelings that now fill the void I used to have are what I use the word "passion" to indicate. Each day I can enjoy feeling passion about the ocean, spending time with a wonderful person, noticing a bird flying above, just breathing and being alive. Living passionately is what I want most. Everything else is secondary,

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 8:49 am

Dear tonka,

I live the life you long for. It is called retired. The very first day I tossed the watch. I'm late (or early) for most perarranged happenings. I get lost in other peoples time as I wounder through stores. I eat and sleep as my body wants. My only time keepers are the sun,the moon and stars.(:

tonka · Post by **tonka** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 2:16 pm

i envy you

dman · Post by **dman** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 2:41 pm

Yep, me too. I have long said I only want two things out of life:

1) Instant gratification.
2) Peace of mind.

Sounds like unjohnharley is just a bit closer.....

Dork · Post by **Dork** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 3:33 pm

I just want to get rid of all this crap I've somehow accumulated in my house. Truckloads gone in the last couple of months, yet somehow there's still truckloads more that I somehow feel I "need".

It all started so simply.. DVD player broke so I ordered a new one. Then I realized it wouldn't fit very well in my beat up entertainment center so perhaps I should get a new one of those too. All of the sudden something clicked in my brain and I realized not only did I not need a new DVD player, I didn't need the TV or half-dead VCR or any of that other crap either. All of the junk I'd accumulated was holding me back in more ways than one. I actually get a small rush every time I remove another unnecessary item from my life whether I get money for it or just give it away.

Much work remains. There's also this little credit card problem I developed while obtaining all of the above crap, but that's also being dealt with in short order.

I suppose there's also that whole find the right girl and start a family thing that I should do some day, but that just seems like so much work.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 3:59 pm

My childern built little cottage in a wood like setting. It's 150 ft from the main house. I'm into sell sell sell. I'm going for a 1920's30's look. Stark is the rule. Amazing how nice thing look empty of most everything. Got the idea while cleaning the kitchen. Frist I got rid of all extras. Then I counted 6 more items that could go. I put them in the shed for awhile to see if I would need them. If not----they go to the garage sale. I never price anything. It's all make an offer. Just say yes or no to any offer. Microwave was first then the frig. Replaced that with a thermo-couple cooler. Only cool left overs. Then I have slowly stripped the house so the whole place looks clean even when there is plenty of dust. Not much for dust to land on. even dumped the sink. Use a wash pan. Put up a shower certain over a #3 wash tub to make a shower base. Have a little pump to empty it. Hide the tv' computer and stuff in a ward robe that I made. Having fun.

tonka · Post by **tonka** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 1:53 pm

my list of things to do:

1) Get out of school and stop making myself socialize with people who only make me more stupid.
2) Get out of this stable, normal, predictable fucking country.
3) Get bored with some other countries, come back home with a tan, an accent, and a new way to look at the world.
3) Come back to Canada to see if I still miss whatever i'll soon leave behind.

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