Comments on Quiet the Thunder: Six Months to Live

Your situation is all-too-familiar to many of us. ...

2008-04-14T11:41:00.000-04:00

Your situation is all-too-familiar to many of us. It seems like modern technology keeps giving us more tools that make it shutting down impossible.

But there was a promising article in the Washington Times yesterday which suggests that because of attitudes like yours (shared by many millennials, including me!) we’re going to move towards more of a leisure economy model.

@ Michael Henreckson - great point, Why is the ...

2008-04-14T06:51:00.000-04:00
@ Michael Henreckson - great point, Why is the future so much more important than the present? Perhaps we don’t like pain or discomfort of any kind, create a scheme to end it, and eagerly await its completion? That’s what I feel like I do. I find myself in a situation I want to change. Instead of coming up with a plan, being present for each step, and enjoying the process, I fixate on the end result. This leads to everything I described above, the patterns of waiting and wearing oneself out.

I would much rather sleep now than in six months. ...

2008-04-13T23:08:00.000-04:00
I would much rather sleep now than in six months. After all, what is the purpose of living for the future? Why is the future so much more important than the present? I can see that sometimes sacrifices must be made, but if you ever stop enjoying life, you are sacrificing way too much. I know, because I tend to put off the enjoyment for later myself. I end up regretting it usually.