I have clearly been slacking on my blog posts.  Hopefully this does not become a pattern similar to my former blog (aka the one that has not been touched in almost a year and a half).

I have been thinking a lot lately about what constitutes a satisfying life.  I have been listening to people talk about their jobs and their futures, and I can't help but think that it is a little depressing.  Perhaps I am a little naive and ignorant, but I have no desire to plan for the future.  Obviously I do make some plans, but I prefer to live in the moment.  I watch all of these people go to their 9-5 jobs, come home exhausted, and long for the weekend.  Is financial security so crucial to these people that, for the majority of their lives, they want to be cramped up in an office or cubical?  I love my life.  I currently work a job that demands nothing of me other than to interact with other people.  I work shift work, and I can enjoy a sunny Tuesday morning when the rest of the world is stuck behind closed doors.  Not to say that these people are miserable or that they do not enjoy what they do for a living, but why are we all taught to strive for that sort of lifestyle?  I like to live in the now.  I may not be around twenty years from now, so I have no intention of wasting my life preparing for the unpredictable future.  People always are talking about what they wish they could do, but most people do not do what it is they desire.  Instead, most people strive for what is socially acceptable of a person in their circumstances.  So I want to offer a little piece of advice to you.  Take the time now to do at least one of the things that is on your bucket list.  Don't wait for tomorrow or the day after.  Try living in the moment.  It can be scary and unpredictable, but you will have made the most of your time.