the lazy cruelty of neglect
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Fri Feb 04 05 / 3:51 AM

I live my life like I am the only one I know who hasn't figured out what to do with it. I feel unwarrantedly helpless as the years pass and I haven't made progress towards a purpose. But who has?

My criteria for a meaningful life are: to create something (and be recognized), to do something that hasn't been done, to advance human civilization, or to become rich. What's the point of anything else?

Almost nobody I know is on any of these paths. Sam is creating, and awaits discovery. He is becoming rich, but after that, what will he do with the money?

It's something to do with fame, with making your life known outside of your immediate circle, that perhaps signals meaningfulness to me. Is that so different than anyone else? I don't want to waste my time on a job that doesn't matter, and very little really matters.

So instead, I waste my time on nothing.



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Lisa Higgs
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