Don’t wanna work anymore!
I hear this sentence not just once,but about more than a dozen times a day. I can not describe in words how sad it makes me to hear this sentence from people. Just like me, as a 23 year old woman, I am already working for more than 2 years now.
Graduation from high school with 17, university with 18. Wow this must be a clever one! This is so early, wow! But no. I would describe it better as a sorrowful begin of a generation, that could achieve so much more, but instead only spends time with serving a 40-hour-week in office thinking about meaning of life.
Working now for 2 years with 23, are definitely 2 years too long. I don’t know anyone who likes being an “early adopter” of work life. For god’s sake, that doesn’t mean people shall stay at home just drinking, watching TV and “enjoying” life. No.
But I do think that each and every single one of us could achieve so much more. The earlier we start working, the sooner we are “chained to the rhythm” like Katy Perry sang it once. The easier we will be steered in the right direction, kept stupid and small.
But this is not the only way we can go. What would it be like to turn on your brain, rethink and step out of the bubble we are living in?
Why do we have to work? And what is “work”?
Work is a word, that everyone relates with negativity, hatred and rejection. But that’s not necessary. Let’s have a look at the encyclopedia:
1a. Activity with individual actions.
1b. Working, creating, acting..
1c. Effort, Agility, Plague
You can see how even the encyclopedia acknowledged the word “work” as effort, agility and plague. How can we then see that differently? But why? You can see in 1.b the definition of creating and acting is so much more positive.
How comes?
With every single newspaper, tv show and service we take advantage of.
Do not ask, just do it. Follow the rules, never break the rules.
“But I wanna be a musician so bad, mom! But John, you will fail, you will not earn any cent as a musician, there are too much out there. Better be a doctor!”
I can not imagine how many talented and wonderful people are sitting out there, kept small and restricted, because there was someone, someday who said they can’t. You need to pay your bills. You can’t do that, you’re not clever enough.
All these beautiful voices, creatives people with innovative ideas that are putting their dreams to “Will stay dreams forever” because they never believe in themselves.
Because people say if you want to survive, you need a lot of money.
Survive. What do you survive? A war, a battle, a fight. Let’s again have a look in the encyclopedia.
- Survive something (heavy, dangerous..) alive
- live beyond someone’s death
- no longer fit in the present time, be outdated.
No longer fit in the present time, be outdated. Sounds hard, but brings this article on point.
Dear people out there who read this, we do not want to survive, we want to LIVE! Be honest with yourself, how happy are you with your current job? How often have you thougt about just lying in your bed in the morning, not go to work anymore, or even canceling the job? If your answer is more than once a week, than read on carefully.
Being outdatet does not mean you are old. You just have to realize once again that we came across a new generation. The internet and the technical development is better than ever. About some inventions we can just shake our heads incredulously. We all have to adopt his progress.
What do we people need today? Is this better an innovative idea with a courageous people behind or simple rules, that will never be changed - because we’ve always done so?
Let’s wake up: There is nothing, nothing in this world you can’t reach, if you really want. Just because everybody says you can’t, you have to work to pay your bills. That’s right, what about starting to live today?
Brilliant hypothesis: What if everything you do all day long brings not just money - but fun too? What if you just start listening to yourself, live today and not waiting for the next weekend anymore?
Move with the times! Write a book, start a blog, become a coach, record your music and put your ideas finally into practice! (And of course Steeeeeem as much as you can!)
Be confident and breathtaking, then you can stand out from the crowd. There is no success in living a life you hate every single second. Whatever it is that bothers you - change it now! What would you think on your deathbead? Would I have..? What would it be like if…?
Start changing your life now!
You don’t want to be a secretary anymore, but always wanted to become a musician? Let’s go! The time as a tax consultant annoys you, you secretly wanted to study anything else? DO IT!
You are never too old, too yound, too inexperienced, too small or too big. You will never know the perfect time or reach enough knowledge to finally start then…
You grow with your tasks everyday and nothing and nobody can stop you from being bigger tomorrow than you are today - except yourself.
So I do beg you, do not try to survive, but to LIVE finally!
xoxo, cryptoleen
PS: Please keep in mind I am a german student, I'm just writing my thoughts down, any grammar and spelling mistakes can be kept. :-)