What is important #379
I’ve resumed reading The Death and Life of Great American Cities. I don’t remember why I stopped reading it, because I feel it is a pretty good book, and perhaps written ahead of it’s time.
Lately I’ve been thinking about what is important. What are the ideas that drive me to the next day, what is it that makes waking up and facing the day even worth it? For a few moments, nothing came to mind. It was a little frightening to think that I’ve been going day to day with no particular destination in mind. I really thought I had some master plan I was following, but at that moment I found that I had reached nowhere.
It all came flooding to me at once though. My plan to write a book was too early, I’d never finish, so I decided to blog more — A lot more, and try to get people to see what I write and take interest. My interests have changed, Comp. Sci. is what I use to make money and what I use to further my new interests, it used to be my sole obsession, driving me to lonesomeness and misery. Few understand computers, and only use abstractions to relate, which is frustrating.
A lot more has changed in the last year, like I don’t even listen to the same music. It has shifted into a new realm of independent artists, things I find in clubs, on fliers, in people’s CD collections. When I turn on my iPod, I won’t hear the same song for 2 weeks, and chances are it’ll be something I added but haven’t yet listened to. This is exciting.
I read a lot more now. Even though I cut my Muni reading time out by moving closer to Bart, I still read on my breaks and when I get home. It’s like an addiction, even a bad book I can’t put down until I hit the next chapter. Even still, I have to stop myself from reading the next paragraph and doing the whole self-committal to a new chapter.
What I ask myself now is about what is important. Has that changed? I’m not sure.
August 23rd, 2006 at 11:23 pm
My analogy for the day: Life is like a book. You have to read the next chapter to find out what is important and whatever is in that chapter won’t change. (Or will it?)
What is important? That is a good question. You do what you like to and have always liked to since you were 3…computer stuff (sorry to be abstract). Most people don’t understand them like you do. It is pretty complicated stuff.
I have asked myself what is important too probably more recently with the things that are going on. Don’t you think about what might happen to you in the near future? We just have to keep on doing what we are doing, because they are things we enjoy. You never know what is in store next-good or bad.
‘Smile and your brain will think you are happy’ -a quote from my college psycology class.
Catha