April 6, 2013

Ninety-Six


Day Ninety-Six:  Meaning

I have been debating writing about my confusion why everyone wants to understand everything and why can’t everyone just chill out and do what makes them happy but I’m not feeling it.  I’ve tried to write it numerous times and it’s just not coming out, so I’m going to just write a little sentimental post about learning.  Why do I like learning?  Because it helps me in the world around me.  I don’t care to be an academic and I don’t really try to prove that I am overly interested in it, but I do enjoy feeling smart from time to time.  I’d rather use my education to better enjoy life, than to work my ass off to make money.  I like money, I like helping other people more.  I buy Vogue magazine to look at the clothes I will never have, and am content with what I do have.  Sometimes I dream about becoming rich and buying things that I’d love to own, but in the end I’d rather just volunteer at Sick Kids and make kids laugh for a living.  Is that a job?  Is that a Clown capital C?  I think I’d be down with that.  I guess what I’m trying to say that the meaning of university to me is to give me a big background in clarity, conciseness, deadlines, background information, people, teamwork, a community, meaning, and above all how to learn.  I would like to say that I am going to become an author or a theatre practitioner, things that would emerge from my degree’s, but in reality I think that what I end up doing for the rest of my life will be influenced by these university years but not directly associated.  I want to take the things that I learn and do what I like to do in order to be productive, to contribute, and to feel comfortable doing so.  I think that’s all.

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