So occasionally I go all theoretical or whatever and make posts like these. I made this one on another forum just now, and I figured I'd pass it on.
I don't know about some of you guys, but I'm the kind of person who likes to have a future, and plus maintain myself for such a future. I make sure I eat well, stay fit, and get healthy amounts of face-to-face social interaction with people every day, whether it be through school, drama, TV studio/radio, parties, theater camp, and so on and so forth. Of course, responsibility's an important factor too. I like to be a responsible person.
Those are just the basics, though. What I treasure most are my aspirations for the future. I want to be able to go to college and pursue something in communications or in the general media field because it's something I'm talented at. From cinematography to acting to being a TV/radio show anchor...it just feels like there's an overwhelming about of possibilities. I find it absolutely fascinating, and I'm excited to be able to go to college and pursue something I feel such dedication towards. I've always wanted to get out there to an extent (be famous? nah) and do something recognizable, and a career (particularly in communications, at least to me) is the way to go for that. And it's just...holy shit. It's certainly better than sitting around here sometimes and feeling bored on those days I'm stuck at home and have absolutely nothing I can do.
This weekend I was sorting through video games...and it seems I'm getting rid of half of them or so. That's a start, at least...I DO feel video games are something of an impediment to my going forward in life, which makes it difficult for me to actually want to play them sometimes (unless it's a really good game or a childhood classic). Playing video games is how I spent my time years ago, and quite frankly it just doesn't feel like a step in the right direction.
That's just from my perspective. However, what I see from other people worries me a lot more. I see people my age who have dropped out of school, I see people my age doing nothing; hell, I see people my age sitting on their lazy asses doing who knows what and expecting their parents to take care of them to their deathbeds.
I don't understand it. How the hell can people actually CHOOSE to live that way? It's absolutely ridiculous. Life isn't a damned Twinkie fest.
I'm not exactly the most responsible person in the world, that's for sure...though I certainly make an effort. Yet even when I'm hardly making an effort to be responsible it's hard to avoid thinking about all of those people who refuse to do the simplest thing, and instead indulge themselves in solitude with watching TV playing video games and eating junk food and whatnot. That sure doesn't get anything accomplished, does it? It just doesn't make sense to me how a person could actually tolerate that kind of self-centered, irresponsible living style. Of course, once it sets in after childhood, it's become something natural and it's VERY hard to develop out of it; the early years are those most representative of change in human behaviors. At my not-so-ripe old age of 16, it's pretty tough to change without a CONSTANT effort, which brings on CONSTANT responsibilities. The transition from no responsibilities to having them constantly is overwhelming.
My mom can be pretty strict sometimes, but it's something I'm glad for. She taught me that great virtue of responsibility...which in essence leads to desire for an education, a life outside of what's conventional, productive hobbies, being with friends, taking walks, studying the world around...all of those sorts of freedoms we live for. That's the way people are supposed to live life.
That's what all comes to mind when I see those kids drop out because they're too lazy to care about an education. They're too lazy to even think for a second about what their useful interests are and instead are fixated on the remote in the right hand, the food in the left, and the TV straight ahead. How could anyone want to live like that?