I read this Margaret Killjoy article about the “punk rock good life” recently, and have been thinking a lot about what I want from life.
What makes a “good life” for you?
I read this Margaret Killjoy article about the “punk rock good life” recently, and have been thinking a lot about what I want from life.
What makes a “good life” for you?
I got lucky and got good career guidance that lead me to a job I enjoyed. It wasn’t a burning passion, just a gig that let me help people and paid a reasonable salary.
If you can wake up on a rainy Monday morning and not hate getting out of bed, you’ve solved most of your problems.
That’s a vague way of putting it, but I’m in basically the same boat. I got lucky with my job, and I don’t hate it, and I feel that I do help with things more than I don’t. I still struggle with the occasional rainy Monday, but not usually because of work. I guess that’s a pretty good way of describing it.
imho it’s silly to get cosmic with the idea of a ‘good life.’
Take two people who actually changed the world, Lincoln and Einstein.
Neither one of them could have accomplished anything without thousands of people helping.
Me being reasonably happy and knowing I’m not actively, directly hurting other people is about the best I can do.
I give to charities and try to be active in the community, but realistically I am just another bozo on the bus, no greater or less than anyone else.