I read a line on a novel once that had a profound impact on my life. The line read,
"People started growing crops because going hunting without knowing you'd catch anything was a pain. People dug wells because going all the way to the river was a pain. Laziness is the mother of human progress."
Being a lazy person myself, I could resonate to this quote. I always tried to find the easiest way to do something or try to not do it all if that was possible. But as I'm growing up, I'm finding it hard to be lazy. I dislike how much effort you have to put into everything to become at least self sufficient. I dislike how people tell me to work hard to make something out of myself. Why should I work hard? I always found that working smart was a much easier and lazier lifestyle. After finishing my college education, I find this world too overwhelming for me.
I've recently started reading historical novels, that portrayed the life style of the people before 16th or 15th century. And I always find that I'm envious of them. Their lives were simple. Honest people working for the sake of their kingdom and their family. I'm sure there were many bad things too, like sub standard medical progress and so on. But still, their lives were easy. Now, because of capitalism, this world is just one big seething competition.
I've always wanted to live a simple life. I was devoid of ambition and the people around me didn't like that. My only wish is to live in a small studio apartment that I can buy someday, work at a stable job. I'm not interested in marriage and so on because it's just a big burden of responsibility that I don't want to carry. I just want to live a small normal life. But in this world, it won't happen I guess.
I'm just tired. Tired of meeting people expectations. Tired of competing. Tired of being told what to do. The best part is I haven't even lived yet. I still haven't got a job or paid taxes or paid bills. Still. I'm tired.
"People started growing crops because going hunting without knowing you'd catch anything was a pain. People dug wells because going all the way to the river was a pain. Laziness is the mother of human progress."
Being a lazy person myself, I could resonate to this quote. I always tried to find the easiest way to do something or try to not do it all if that was possible. But as I'm growing up, I'm finding it hard to be lazy. I dislike how much effort you have to put into everything to become at least self sufficient. I dislike how people tell me to work hard to make something out of myself. Why should I work hard? I always found that working smart was a much easier and lazier lifestyle. After finishing my college education, I find this world too overwhelming for me.
I've recently started reading historical novels, that portrayed the life style of the people before 16th or 15th century. And I always find that I'm envious of them. Their lives were simple. Honest people working for the sake of their kingdom and their family. I'm sure there were many bad things too, like sub standard medical progress and so on. But still, their lives were easy. Now, because of capitalism, this world is just one big seething competition.
I've always wanted to live a simple life. I was devoid of ambition and the people around me didn't like that. My only wish is to live in a small studio apartment that I can buy someday, work at a stable job. I'm not interested in marriage and so on because it's just a big burden of responsibility that I don't want to carry. I just want to live a small normal life. But in this world, it won't happen I guess.
I'm just tired. Tired of meeting people expectations. Tired of competing. Tired of being told what to do. The best part is I haven't even lived yet. I still haven't got a job or paid taxes or paid bills. Still. I'm tired.
