dear jess,
generaton-Y. By a television show defines it as a generation of educated, well trained young people leading a life of that is "unsuccesful" by choice. She works in a tourist shop selling souviniers. A university graduate. She lives in a trailer, perhaps a symbolism of her ability to leave and go somewhere but never going anywhere. She chooses limited interactions, in fact avoids any close intimicy, she works in a tourist shop, impermanent faces, not having to make friends. Slacker or stress free?
generaton-Y. By a television show defines it as a generation of educated, well trained young people leading a life of that is "unsuccesful" by choice. She works in a tourist shop selling souviniers. A university graduate. She lives in a trailer, perhaps a symbolism of her ability to leave and go somewhere but never going anywhere. She chooses limited interactions, in fact avoids any close intimicy, she works in a tourist shop, impermanent faces, not having to make friends. Slacker or stress free?
She finds ways to get into a 'stress free' environment. Deligthfully interesting. I for one believe that sometimes the more educated you are, the lesser your longing for hard work and famed success is. Slacker or stress free?
Reject the need to be succesful, to climb up the corporate ladder, to drill yourself thru hard work.. Slacker or stress free?
We grow up in an environment where if we're not working in a company and out of the office before or right on the dot at 5 we're lazy, or if we dont mingle during lunch and eat in front of our faithful companion the computer, we're antisocial. Slacker or stress free?
Or like as my cynical half says, if we wanna travel and just do that for the rest of our lives, we're slackers. Interesting, once again. I dont hate people who say that. In fact i find it hilarious. Here is the world given to us, to do as we please, right or the wrong way, and what do we choose?
Im in a state of decision making now. Working hard so i can boast to my grand nephews and niece (who can be so proudly boastful of the fact that they may get married anyways?) that i worked so hard to be 'where i am' today or the fact that i breezed thru life and had a ball??? hmmmm...
What an excuse we work because we have to. Bull!! We work because we want to, because climbing into a lift every single day and winning sales pitch defines who we are. If we worked because we have to, we'd be more than contented serving at burger kings.
Next time you hold your starbucks coffee and walk by in your prada heels and gucci briefcase think again about mocking the happy, couldnt care less girl who just served you your coffee. And is leaving work at 2. With little care in the world. ps, she also probably went to the same uni as you.
Gen-Y. Slackers or stress free?
Smart.
y not?,
jess
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This month marks one and a half years of me leaving my job and basically "slacking off". bank balance is dangerous low but quality of life has skyrocketted!
no regrets!
~slackers 'r us~
p/s - you shudn't post your... erm... posts in black coloured font!
here's a thought: turn the tables around - why don't we dress in prada heels, gucci handbag and drink starbucks coffee to pretend we're working adults if we ever get bored of being boho =)
more importantly, wouldn't it be great to say to the grandnephews and nieces that going our own way made us WHO we are, not where we are.
p/s: that trailer idea's good. damn.
=p
Hey I've got a question - does it matter anyway? Cos what you're here to do is neither:
1. Work your ass off, or
2. Win the world's Slacker-Of-The-Year Award
So issit really a choice between doing those things, or rather a choice of the side effects of doing one of those things?
ive contemplated renaming my blog to "read between the lines" hence dont flatter yourself, i donnno who you are and if i have to re-explain my articles that defeats its purpose. I wont even justify my annoyance.
However if i did contemplated all side effects i would be a boring person and i don think anyone can dictate the route of lives 'we were put on earth for.'
how can you say what im here is neither, when some people were put on this earth to betray the son of god? i forbid theological argument here, thanks for reading my articles, seriously relax.
i believe more and more people are beginning to do what they feel and think is right instead of trying to squeeze into the mould that society has made for them. the problem that people too many people have is they worry too much about what other people will think and say...
very well said, bro. thanks.
i love your response to you-know-who-i-am, that's my girl!! :p
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