Each day drifts 24 hours closer to yet another deadline. And each deadline exacts at least a modest toll as you reach it. Sometimes that toll has no monetary value, but instead an emotional or physical taxation upon an individual, which often does not register in the big picture until later. In the big picture things change because of the subtle, or not so subtle, nudges one must endure while paying the old bills.
Paying the bills is one example of a deadline that strips you of not only your money but also your time. Think of all that you could do if you still had some of that money. The truth is, it's gone forever, much like the time it took to earn it. And as soon as you pay one bill off, you have to start the time drain on your life to pay the next one. It's a horrible cycle for most people. A battle. The list of bills the older you get just seems to get longer and longer and the time left in life just withers away.
The capacity to slow the cycle is one that any person not of privilege must strive towards, however futile an endeavor may be. Whether one reaches the point where the time=money cycle is in their favor requires effort, skill &/or chance. Being prepared often isn't enough in the short-term, but usually wins out in the long run. And dumb luck can work in the opposite way for those who have put in no preparations. For most people, we just have to keep pounding our heads against the walls until it gives or we eventually bleed out.
If you want to risk it all to chance, good luck. But the only sure way to hold the tides of time at bay, without taking advantage of others, and break the monotony is with skill and forward thinking. Sure there are those with money who believe they are ahead of the curve and live pampered lives with little responsibility, but most have very little intrinsic worth. They may give to charities, for tax purposes, but that does not make them productive. What do they do on a day to day basis that keeps things moving forward in a positive direction? Shopping? (Now, I do not mean all people with money are this way. This is a generalization of course.)
There are people at both ends of the wealth scale, and even in between, who burden us all by being lazy, good for nothings or lying cheats. They cost us time by wasting theirs. Some breed babies for welfare, while eating Doritos and watching Springer. On the other end, you have the trust fund retards who lounge about after plastic surgery, talking about the suffering they must endure to be beautiful. If we could figure out a way to motivate these soulless loads, we would all be better off - themselves included, for they would have their souls back and would actually be serving a purpose on this rock.
But we can't just ask of others. We too must be better, must continue to learn, must work smarter, and not allow ourselves to be willfully deceived or always carry the burden. Make people shape up or ship out and actually enforce some sense of accountability. Seems simple, it's not! If we can achieve that, then the rest of us, who carry the weakest in society (the rich do nothings, the cheats and habitual liars and the welfare loads) on our backs, might be able to slow the vacuum of time just enough to release the strain of our burden of responsibility and enjoy our lives for just a little while.
Paying the bills is one example of a deadline that strips you of not only your money but also your time. Think of all that you could do if you still had some of that money. The truth is, it's gone forever, much like the time it took to earn it. And as soon as you pay one bill off, you have to start the time drain on your life to pay the next one. It's a horrible cycle for most people. A battle. The list of bills the older you get just seems to get longer and longer and the time left in life just withers away.
The capacity to slow the cycle is one that any person not of privilege must strive towards, however futile an endeavor may be. Whether one reaches the point where the time=money cycle is in their favor requires effort, skill &/or chance. Being prepared often isn't enough in the short-term, but usually wins out in the long run. And dumb luck can work in the opposite way for those who have put in no preparations. For most people, we just have to keep pounding our heads against the walls until it gives or we eventually bleed out.
If you want to risk it all to chance, good luck. But the only sure way to hold the tides of time at bay, without taking advantage of others, and break the monotony is with skill and forward thinking. Sure there are those with money who believe they are ahead of the curve and live pampered lives with little responsibility, but most have very little intrinsic worth. They may give to charities, for tax purposes, but that does not make them productive. What do they do on a day to day basis that keeps things moving forward in a positive direction? Shopping? (Now, I do not mean all people with money are this way. This is a generalization of course.)
There are people at both ends of the wealth scale, and even in between, who burden us all by being lazy, good for nothings or lying cheats. They cost us time by wasting theirs. Some breed babies for welfare, while eating Doritos and watching Springer. On the other end, you have the trust fund retards who lounge about after plastic surgery, talking about the suffering they must endure to be beautiful. If we could figure out a way to motivate these soulless loads, we would all be better off - themselves included, for they would have their souls back and would actually be serving a purpose on this rock.
But we can't just ask of others. We too must be better, must continue to learn, must work smarter, and not allow ourselves to be willfully deceived or always carry the burden. Make people shape up or ship out and actually enforce some sense of accountability. Seems simple, it's not! If we can achieve that, then the rest of us, who carry the weakest in society (the rich do nothings, the cheats and habitual liars and the welfare loads) on our backs, might be able to slow the vacuum of time just enough to release the strain of our burden of responsibility and enjoy our lives for just a little while.
-aap
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Agreed - Jody
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