It seems that everyone has a plan for growing up. Whether that plan be a road map forced upon you by your parents or simply doodled on your hand at the last possible second, a plan does exist. The question however: do you choose to follow it? An interesting observation which I have found is that those people with the printed map oftentimes choose not to use it, whereas the scribbled out directions seem to have a stronger following with regard to the "plan". I think that I have a map of my own to follow...hell, my parents might as well have been AAA, but lately I'm finding that I've added more scribbles, circles, notes, and destinations than ever before in my journey. Now, if I could ever figure out how to fold the damn thing back up and jam it into the glove box I would be ready to go.
It's a logical progression so I'm told: go to high school, go to college, go to work, go to the alter, go to Hawaii, go back to work, go to retirement, go to a home, go to heaven. I used to be a big subscriber to that plan. Now, that plan can go to hell. I'm in serious need of a change, but what that change is God only knows. I need to take some time and figure out exactly what it is that is keeping me unhappy with my current situation and the rectify it. Or, at the very least address it. On my more pessimistic days I see myself taking one step foreword and two steps back. On even more pessimistic days I find myself trying to take a step foreword, and the falling and spraining my ankle. Still, I must push through in order to be truly happy.
 Not quite the change I was thinking of...
On that note, I resolve to change a few things in my day to day life. What those are, I have no idea. I think I'll figure those out as I go. Try something new, if it sticks, great, if not, try something else. Don't expect me to walk in one day with a wife and a mohawk, but small changes for the better will eventually come around (that's not to say a mohawk wouldn't be interesting...) Recent movies and television shows have got me thinking a lot about what is important in life (ahem...Big Fish). I know it is perhaps not the safest (or sanest) move to model a life after a movie with a budget of over ten million dollars, but seriously, one can't help but speculate about what a little change can do for them... |
That picture is freakin' hilarious. Of course, this coming from the pill pusher.