Morning business

Posted by SgtPepper | Posted in | Posted on Saturday, January 17, 2009

You wake up and look at the mirror, you're not getting any younger. Yet you wouldn't want to, you are young, you are beautiful and you wouldn't change a thing... maybe a few less pounds, going to the gym regularly and a more symmetrical face, nothing to worry about though. You go and have some breakfast and read the cereal box, apparently that is the only brand which offers more than 14 different vitamins and minerals, that one and the other dozens in the market. And while you go and dress you realize that there aren't many cartoonish-stamped T-shirts, there are no fun colors, just matching ones. But you think that is simply part of growing, growing old. And if morning wasn't difficult enough, you have those thoughts again.

The thoughts of what will happen in the future, the thoughts of uncertainty, the ultimate stress source of someone your age. And of course, as many other ones in your major you have it all planed out, you're going to get the best or second best internship, then get a job there and climb your way up to CEO, or whatever it is in top of everyone. In the way you will find someone who is convenient to your career, you will both agree not to have kids, or you'll persuade said person. Then you'll marry and reconsider the kids thing, grow old and rich. But you are not convinced, you didn't even made up your mind about eating cereal or scrambled eggs (there were no eggs at home).

Of course that all sounds great, but you are not sure that it will all work, you are not sure they will accept you in said internship, you don't know if you will have a bitchy boss who's heart you will end up winning and promote you like in the movies, for all you know you'll be staked in the same cubicle for years. And then there's the thing, what if you don't find someone convenient for your career, what if you don't find anyone at all? You think about marriage, but what if as far as you reach in commitment is casual booty calls? What if you end up with someone who took you as a rebound? That's the essence of uncertainty, what if?'s knowing that there's not a second chance.

And so you proceed to put your shoes and drink some coffee, you will need it.


[the post that was meant but wasn't]
By I'm the penguin

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