Mistakes we never knew we were making
Ever find that song?
Cause I found one I really enjoyed---its for the best, by straylight run.
Anyway
I had this sort of revelation last night. It was about talking how sometimes it seems like life is way more work than it should be, and if there weren't the ounce of beauty there is, that sometimes it'd be entirely to easy to quit. But I suppose the mindset is a direct result of some fabrication of oppression I've created. As if I will be facing some tribune to dictate my eternity if I don't meet these certain goals I've set ( Be a doc, make money, [insert superficial criteria here]).
But then I have to realize that there are no rules to life. I can live it how I want. If I wanted to grow up to be some couch patato who spent the day eating pizza, drinking beer, and watching reruns of 90's sitcoms, I suppose I have that option. Theres no one to answer to if thats what I really want. But its hard for me to do that. I haven't thought for myself in so long that I'm afraid Ive lost the talent. I only know how to feel what people want my to feel, I only know how to want what everyone else wants for me. And its a rather scary experience. Sometimes Ill be saying something and find myself suddenly confused, because Im not really sure why Im saying that. Theres some nagging of me, some vestigial part of my psyche that remembers what it was like to be me a few years ago. And this near-extinct conscience reminds me, and lets me know when what I am doing,or saying, or thinking, or aspiring to is wrong. But regardless of whatever emo-esque revelation I admit to concerning to this matter, I realize I have no recourse. How do you learn freedom of thought again once you've lost it? Is there some online course I can take or a book I can buy full of step-by-step strategies and even examples of test questions? I doubt it. I suppose its some internal quality I have to, once again, develop for myself. I have to learn to live for me. people who think Im great, only think that because Ive forced myself to conform to what they want from me. but its hard to break out of this shell. Living for someone else gives you some sort of a comfort zone. You know which confines you can act within and you know how to act. This element of randomness is removed as you can see your path laid out before you several years in advance.
The mind-altering effects of music are amazing.
Cause I found one I really enjoyed---its for the best, by straylight run.
Anyway
I had this sort of revelation last night. It was about talking how sometimes it seems like life is way more work than it should be, and if there weren't the ounce of beauty there is, that sometimes it'd be entirely to easy to quit. But I suppose the mindset is a direct result of some fabrication of oppression I've created. As if I will be facing some tribune to dictate my eternity if I don't meet these certain goals I've set ( Be a doc, make money, [insert superficial criteria here]).
But then I have to realize that there are no rules to life. I can live it how I want. If I wanted to grow up to be some couch patato who spent the day eating pizza, drinking beer, and watching reruns of 90's sitcoms, I suppose I have that option. Theres no one to answer to if thats what I really want. But its hard for me to do that. I haven't thought for myself in so long that I'm afraid Ive lost the talent. I only know how to feel what people want my to feel, I only know how to want what everyone else wants for me. And its a rather scary experience. Sometimes Ill be saying something and find myself suddenly confused, because Im not really sure why Im saying that. Theres some nagging of me, some vestigial part of my psyche that remembers what it was like to be me a few years ago. And this near-extinct conscience reminds me, and lets me know when what I am doing,or saying, or thinking, or aspiring to is wrong. But regardless of whatever emo-esque revelation I admit to concerning to this matter, I realize I have no recourse. How do you learn freedom of thought again once you've lost it? Is there some online course I can take or a book I can buy full of step-by-step strategies and even examples of test questions? I doubt it. I suppose its some internal quality I have to, once again, develop for myself. I have to learn to live for me. people who think Im great, only think that because Ive forced myself to conform to what they want from me. but its hard to break out of this shell. Living for someone else gives you some sort of a comfort zone. You know which confines you can act within and you know how to act. This element of randomness is removed as you can see your path laid out before you several years in advance.
The mind-altering effects of music are amazing.