parkbench
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
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 Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:59 am |
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Well yeah, the main problem here is my perception of myself if I wasn't doing anything productive, rather than the faults of people who are "unproductive". If you can manage to sustain yourself and have a modicum of self-respect then you pretty much don't have to answer to anyone. |
This is actually a huge problem of mine. I have this perpetual guilt about my privileged situation in life. Maybe it's young idealism or what have you, but I just always feel like I should be doing something about it. Pragmatically, I do just sit around and my ass and play videogames, read books, study languages, or whatever. But there's always that nagging feeling that I shouldn't be just content, ya?
That's why even though I might do it sometime (just graduating highschool here) I wonder for how long I'd be able to. The guilt would just set in. I'm all about altruism, or at least, in theory.
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| Jack of all trades with a tattered jacket; a mediocre renaissance man. can't seem to be like some of my peers who, say, care about European history and that's it, that's all they do. I'm inefficient, sure, but if I focused my efficient moments in fewer areas I would be doing better than I am now... |
Boy can I relate to that. It's exactly how I am. There are way too many things out there for me to say, "well, you know, ancient aztec pottery just about does it for me." So I do the same thing.
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