I think there comes a point in everyone’s life where they think to themselves:

•  “I want to farm blueberries forever”
• “I will stand in a busy street and play a one string-ed instrument. Forever”
• “I will dress up like a clown and be a clown for the rest of my life”

 This is real life. They find a way to make money, and they just do it.

 These are perceived as unorthodox choices. But they’ve happened. And we’d like to believe that there is a fundamental difference between people that choose a route like this and people who take a conventional approach to work life, but there isn’t.  Not really. I’m mostly in this mind frame freshly after having watched Orange is the new Black (entertainment gold) on Netflix and I’ve been starting to see that the odds of my becoming a convicted felon someday are also…very possible. Not just for me (jk especially for me, I be Cray) but for everyone.

 I’ve been creating a prison for myself in my current outside circumstances because I see there is something more liberating, more stimulating I could be doing with myself professionally and I simply haven’t found it yet. What strikes me more is that everyone does… all the hundreds of thousands of people doing one of five jobs in countless corporations can be.  Not that I’m advocating to coming to this realization with any hurry; now I feel like I’m waiting for inspiration to strike so that I can realize this untapped potential, but it sure beats denial that such an outlet could ever exist within the confines of one’s present life.

 Watch this ted talk, I think it’s my favorite one. The guy reminds me of salad fingers (in the most respective way possible, I love this man) and the conviction and passion in his delivery is stunning. I particularly like the part where he starts talking about kids… and what future parents will say to their children.

Love. It. SOOO Much.