“Whoa oh, what I want know, where does the time go”

Short post today, as the clock is ticking. I’ve been running around all day doing this and that: basic morning ritual stuff such as brushing teeth and showering, trying to enjoy morning coffee while checking social media to see which part of the country is currently flooding, feeding the cat and scooping the litter box, then helping a neighbor with something, had a telephone job interview, hacked away at the pile of unanswered emails in my inbox as well as texts and Facebook messages, went to two grocery stores (because one store can never have everything you need, right?), drafting my daily blog, preparing for my livestream tonight, I’m currently in the middle of a load of laundry, and still have to pack for a long weekend. And of course that minor annoyance of having to find time to hurriedly ingest food when the hunger pangs dictate all else ceases.

I feel like the walls are closing in on me today, as one alarm after another sounds reminding me of some chore to which I need to attend. And I’m currently unemployed.

I seriously have no idea how “normal” people function in this society. I’ll admit that even when I have a full-time job I don’t think of myself as “normal.” (And I know many of you agree!) But Jesus Christ, all of these sorts of activities permeate the daily grind of the gainfully employed — yet even with those “40 hours” temporarily reclaimed for my own self fulfillment,  preservation, and advancement (and sanity) I’m still panicked about the clock right now. I’ve said it before, but I can’t even imagine how the typical American functions with all of these chores, a full-time job, AND having to raise children. I can barely keep up with a cat.

There has to be another way to live. And I know there is, as I’ve traveled extensively to several regions of the world where the pace is much slower and more relaxed. There really is something sick about this society we created. Do any of you agree, or is it just me? I really believe I belong in a Buddhist monastery.

That’s all for now, as I need to go attend to more things so I can be ready to livestream in 2 hours. In the meantime, if this post only whets your appetite, here’s a much longer examination of this subject matter I wrote many years ago, breaking down the typical 24 hour cycle of the gainfully employed. Just re-reading it, with the idea of being offered another job, makes my head spin. Oy vey.

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