Friday, July 10, 2009

6 weeks - 6 months to live

For some odd reason I found myself pondering this question the other day. If I had 6 days, 6 weeks, 6 months, 6 years to live would I do anything differently? Would the answer change depending on the time frame left? There was a time when I would respond emphatically No. But now that I'm getting older it seems if I am honest with myself the answer is a resounding Yes. So then I ask well why? What are the things I would do different? Do I answer now with a yes because I have regrets? Is there something I feel I have missed out on that I would want to experience? Truth is, I am quite happy with how my life is, I don't have very many regrets, and I honestly don't feel I have missed out on anything. So we are back to what is it I would do different? Would I treat others the same? Yes, because I think I treat others pretty good. Would I lose all sense of morality and sleep around? No, because honestly it is not morality that keeps me from doing that. Same goes for many other options. Then what is it? I think it boils down to a balance between happiness and experience. What does that mean? To me I think while it is great to get advice from other people there are some things you simply must experience to know for sure. For example: going partying or to the bar with good friends and having an enjoyable night. Depending on who or where you get the advice from could be from "drinking is a sin punishable by eternal death" or "hell yea, party every night". Truth is it really is going to be determined by the individual and will probably end up being somewhere in the middle. Party with an asshole and your likely to have a bad experience. Party with a fun crowd and its a blast. My point is, whom you have the experience with is often much more important that what you are doing. And the down right fact is, no one can really tell you how that will affect you, no one. I'm not mentioning drinking to start debating on if drinking is good or bad. Its just one example of many where experiencing it yourself determines how you personally view it or feel about it. I still have not got a definitive answer on exactly what I would do different, but the fact that I would means there is probably some consideration that should be made about it. Really didn't write this to get an answer just some food for thought :)

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Post test

Yea I know, kinda geeky but I want to make sure how a blog would turn out when I sent an image inside it.