So the mini-topic here is the concept of time. As most pro-active people, I enjoy having drive and motivation. I also enjoy having some goals in motion, some things to 'achieve' within time periods. Like, for example, I'd rather like for me and my partner to be in our own flat by this summer. But time breeds more sadness for me, than it does anything else.
One thing I think is nearly satanic in nature, is being, well, time's bitch. We all do it. Don't say you don't, because I am going to tell you why you probably do.
I think a huge source of unhappiness comes from the concept of time. We are all born into it, and begin the big countdown from day 1. We plan holidays, we set goals to be done by a certain time, we count down hours at work, we know there are only 24 hours in a day, a day in which we won't ever get to live again, we have created the concept of a year, and a lot can happen in a year can't it? A lot can also not happen. Did I do enough this year? Did I waste my time? What is the best use of my time? By this time next year...
Being sentient creatures, we also have a tendency to reflect on past times. Sometimes a deadly practise in itself. Often I sit and mentally map out my path so far, tracking achievements and goals back to certain years to the present. And you know what, that's quite a lot to think about. Lumping my existence into a 24 year block of time. For me, I find it much more enjoyable to think in the moment, cliched as it may sound.
My suggestion: SCREW TIME. Leave it alone; leave it as a concept. Time is constricting. It is inevitable. It exerts pressure. It lays boundaries. It allows for dull routine. It is daunting. Overwhelming at times.
Don't let it define who you are. Our paths are not dictated by time. Dissolve the concept of a year, a week, a day, your own age. None of that matters. What matters is your existence, your happiness and what you want to do with it. Remember, magic can happen at any moment. Please don't be a slave to time. Or think you're not where you need to be by a certain 'time'. That isn't real. We made that machine and now it owns us. Other animals don't do that. We don't need to either.
Remember, life is limitless. You can do anything, at any 'time'.
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