How much of your life do you spend wishing it away? As I was entering school this morning around 7 a.m., my only thought was "Please let it be 3 p.m. ASAP." That's eight hours right there. If I'm awake for approximately 17 hours, that's nearly half of my day that I'm wishing away. Other days it's even worse. Heck, when I used to be a substitute teacher and work at Target, I'd be wishing away pretty much the entire day. And for what? So after 13 hours of mundaneness I'd get an hour to relax before going to bed? That's crap. I think we should all make a conscious effort to enjoy as much of our time as we can. Just look closely and try to find something nice about your current situation. Anything. I wonder if there was ever anyone who ever lived who enjoyed every single moment of their life and never wished that any of it would pass. Or even the person who wished away the least amount of time. I'd like to meet him/her and find out what they did for a living. And does the prospect of doing something fun make wishing your life away worth it? Like if someone is looking forward to getting through their day so they can go to happy hour afterward, does that make the wishing away acceptable? And do those things that we think will be fun even always turn out to be fun? Usually not. Attaching high expectations to something only increases the chances of it being less enjoyable.
We can't depend on a concert, a bar, or even another person to make us happy.
We have to do it ourselves, and we have to do it as much as possible. Because what else is there, really?
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