May 3, 2011
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Less TV more Creating
Do you ever feel like you spend too much time watching TV? I mean that is time that you don’t spend reading, writing, or creating anything. I know I love TV. I get hooked on TV shows all the time and watch them in marathon runs. I just love to consume, consume, consume. One day I challenged myself though with a single thought. I asked myself “If tomorrow you somehow came into enough money to never work again what would you do?” I had trouble with this question. I started by thinking of what I would like to do with the ability to become an entrepreneur but had no idea what business I would start. Nothing sounded good to me. What worried me is that I would become a couch potato in the extreme sense because I loved movies and TV Shows. I love to spend my free time doing nothing as it refreshes, relaxes, and rejuvenates me. I wouldn’t want that to be my life though.
I pondered this thought for an entire weekend and by Sunday night I began feeling upset that I truly could not figure out what I would do that would make me happy. How would I spend my time, and what would I make of it. I stopped and cleared my head. I was clearly over thinking this which was making it worse. When I cleared my head out it struck me as being so obvious. I would first move somewhere on the west coast (NOT LA) and live near the ocean. Maybe even somewhere in Mexico or an island in the Caribbean. I need to be warm and near the ocean however. Then I would take some time to do nothing. This is to allow me to reset myself and leave the mundane repetitiveness that comes with almost any job. Once I felt good again I would begin writing a my existential thoughts.
I have always loved existential writing as it just fits me naturally. I am always pondering the meaning of life, how everything is connected, and the purpose or reason behind everything that happens. I can see it clearly in my life and the better I get to know someone the more I can see it in them as well. I always understood what authors like Henry David Thoreau were talking about. I get it. I love exploring it. I would try to live simple because without the clutter and chaos of life I find myself. I learn this every time I go on vacation. Life just isn’t like that…yet. I have faith that it won’t always be like this but in the mean time I am going to push myself to try and write my existential thoughts. I am going to try and put my own mark on what this crazy thing called life is all about. I’m not saying I will have all the answers but I am saying I have some ideas. All I can do is post my ideas and hope others see what I see.