I've just about decided that I've taken this all too seriously. Everything. I'm thinking now that life resembles more of a game than a think tank or an obstacle course. "Life is hard and then you die" is just too bleak. That's the kind of thing Pristiq is made for.
More and more it's seems that if I step back and look at the whole picture it's more like sitting around a table playing a game with a bunch of people. I like games. For the most part, I like people. Some are fun, some are insightful, some are comforting, some are just obnoxious. Most of the time the obnoxious ones have ended up leaving my table, mercifully.
Just like those two games Monopoly and The Game of Life, it's a long, crazy mix of buying, selling, renting, charging rent, learning, teaching, going to jail (which can relate to a mind-bending amount of things), finding a get-out-of-jail-free card (more endless meanings), paying penalties and taxes, but then landing on "free parking" and even winding up with a cash bonus from it.
It's a game, right? Should be nothing but fun. However, it's sometimes hard and there are times when the fun just isn't there. If I focused on those times, though, (and I have) I'd just wander off from the reality of the table than stay intent and see it through. But I'm beginning to realize something that's making it all a little bit easier and more fun. I'm not really here for the game. It's just a game. If I pour myself into the squares on that annoying board, I'll go away someday without having had any real impact.
Essentially, the game is here for me - to keep my life active and to keep me engaged. What I'm here for, really, is those people around my table and the ones around other tables that I visit from time to time. They are what I must pour my life into, spend my time thinking about, use my resources for. I've never seen anyone get burned out who was focusing on the people in their life instead of the things and the work in their life.
What are your insights? Share with me.