Running away from the ultimate goal
Wednesday, October 26th, 2005 04:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
silveraiI installed Semagic on my machine on work a few weeks ago, hoping it would help me update more often. In one way it didn't work, but it has helped a little. Unfortunately for you guys, I'm in a writing mood, and Semagic is readily available at work now! Third entry today :)
The thought I had two months ago and never mentioned at all was this: It has become cool to be unorganised. To be messy, to procrastinate, to not have one's act together is the Done Thing.
Consider this: One person says, "Oh man, my house is so messy." Nine times out of ten, the other person will answer, "You should see MY house," or "Not as messy as so-and-so's house." It's a competition to be the worst at being organised. Peer pressure reinforces one's disorganisation while at the same time saying one should be neat, on time, and be together in all ways. This applies to health also. Ever heard a conversation between people comparing the worst injuries they've had? I have many times. "I got this scar doing this!" and so on.
Money? Yup, it's also cool to be broke, even though pretty much everyone wants to have more money and be well off.
I thought I'd share this ponder material with you all, should you choose to think about it.
The thought I had two months ago and never mentioned at all was this: It has become cool to be unorganised. To be messy, to procrastinate, to not have one's act together is the Done Thing.
Consider this: One person says, "Oh man, my house is so messy." Nine times out of ten, the other person will answer, "You should see MY house," or "Not as messy as so-and-so's house." It's a competition to be the worst at being organised. Peer pressure reinforces one's disorganisation while at the same time saying one should be neat, on time, and be together in all ways. This applies to health also. Ever heard a conversation between people comparing the worst injuries they've had? I have many times. "I got this scar doing this!" and so on.
Money? Yup, it's also cool to be broke, even though pretty much everyone wants to have more money and be well off.
I thought I'd share this ponder material with you all, should you choose to think about it.
