when you were a kid, you are constantly nagged at to put your toys away, and to eat your veggies. when you started school, you worried about finishing your homework and getting good grades to keep your parents happy and become less of a worrywart. then college comes, where they push you to work harder so you could "get a real job and earn some real money, be your own boss". now that you've graduated, barely a month into your honeymoon, they tell you to get your ass off the couch and start looking for a job.
to be honest, this is not how i imagined my life to be. or, at least, my youth. i wanna try everything that i lay my eyes on, anything that seems unorthodox to my parents: tattoo artist, even a dog walker. i'm just turning 21 this year, and getting a serious job, committing hours of work for a measly pay isn't part of my goal or plan in life. if i get to live till 80, i don't want to spend 60 years of my life working my ass off when i could've enjoyed it while i was young and gay, flexible and energetic.
oh, i'm sure there will be people saying to themselves, huh, you should work and start saving now. you want to enjoy life? why not wait till you retire? NAH-UH! i don't want to be all wrinkly and weak when i travel. i don't want to be snoozing away in the afternoon when i could've spent the day rock climbing. or get a heart attack while i jump off a cliff. no, being a youth is the perfect opportunity for me to soak up everything i see, to actually be able to savour the magical moment when you go somewhere new, or see mona lisa up close, to try exotic foods that you have no idea what the ingredients are. being young is the time for being brave enough to do whatever you want. if anyone else doesn't agree with me, then you might as well just be a shriveled up old sponge - useless.
No comments:
Post a Comment