overproportioNATE

I have already done it all. Everything from this point on in life is the dessert. I have been in love. I have had wonderful friends. I have made memories few others will ever have. I have sung at campfires on the edge of the water. I have seen mountains and oceans. I have stayed at a cabin in the woods. I have known loss. I have cried my eyes out. I have laughed harder than most ever will. I have been known and understood, loved and cherished. I will live my life enjoying what is to come. The rest is cake.

"I'll take these hands of mine and tear open your rib cage, climb inside to see if there still hangs a beating heart." -Mike Mains & The Branches, Where Love Dies This song wasn't about what I wish it was. It is a song about divorce & breaking apart. When I hear this bridge, I can only see a search for a beating heart. And I wonder if this generation really has one. There are so many songs on my top 100 list that are about what our hearts beat for. I think there's something to it. But we , and the generations that are in high school right now, are the generations that will be content to sit in the hallway on our cell phones. We are the generations that want the nice car, big house, pretty wife. We are, and I mean this as harshly as I can through text, "just fine" with that.  Our hearts beat independently. Entirely. Entirely alone.  We are the generation that seeks out a sense of belonging, so long as that group is after OUR cau

While I agree that everyone should pursue something they are passionate about, I don't know if I love how it is presented to young people. That's all that is said. That should be said, it needs to be said. But it is all that gets said. There is just no way that everyone can have their dream job of cushy-ness. Any job will involve unwanted and frustrating work. You will have paperwork you never imagined, people to work with that frustrate you, goals that are not your own. The saying must be tempered. You should pursue what you are passionate about, absolutely. Just make sure that you want the job, not just the passion. Make sure that the job will be offered in a city you are fine with living in. Make sure it will meet your financial needs. It must be tempered. Otherwise we are all just spending 4 years and an unreasonable amount of money on a hobby that will never pay us back.