The human condition

The profile of the 21st century generation facts vs opinions

In a world where most of us baby boomers have started their lives with eyes glued to the screen, and mouse in hand instead of the milk bottle, we find ourselves among the chaos of life and having such a busy ineffective life we struggle to find an ounce of time for ourselves.

We are creatures of habit and that can be proven easily by careful study of one day:

You get up, you shower, skip breakfast cause “there’s no time”, you tell yourself “I’ll just get me some fast-food on the way to work I know that nice place where they make it just how I love it, It’s on my way, I’ll save x minutes”; you jump in your car, cause you are too lazy to walk and it’s easier to use the excuse “I’ll beat traffic this way” even if your workplace is two blocks away and it takes you 20 minutes by foot.

You get to work, you don’t start working, you drink your coffee, chat with some fellow workers and act interested in what they say, you jump online “just for a minute” check your emails, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, whatever accounts and eventually when you do have some work you delay it by another few minutes.

Congratulations! You have become the laziest, most obsessive compulsive, co-dependent technology addict and internet junky we all know and love!

Time moves on and you wonder why your routine doesn’t lead you to a better job, a more decent salary, enough vacation time, or least some time to spend with your children which are quickly developing the same multiple personality as you cause they are “too stressed” by the many things they have to do today none of which are efficient or effective or actually gets them anywhere close to that point in life where they would like to be.

You find you are sick from all the junk food you eat and the doctor informs you, that you have developed x physical conditions and they have caused y mental fatigue which in result has led to z complications which will lead to your eventual demise unless you buy these special pills which will magically heal you in a t allotted time. Pills are the worse thing you can give to yourself, especially pharmaceutical ones, yes, the ones you eat like candy, when being scarred of a simple cold.

Besides working yourself to death you have another great habit of spending all your money when going out so that you can impress your so-called friends who couldn’t care less. When you finally receive that 15 year awaited promotion and that big fat paycheck you proceed to purchase the most flashy most expensive car that would state “look how much money I have” to all your acquaintances, friends, family members, which in return hit you with a “WOW, COOL” , moment which lasts about five seconds and later you all get back to your boring existence.

That 5 second moment, my friends, put a hole in your pocket of at least five-figures sum dollars or euros! Congrats you now can barely pay for gas but you own a fancy car that gathers dust in your garage!

All irony aside this is me giving you a wake-up call, when you receive it please let me know, until then go about your juicy burger and fries, coke and 1 hour drive through traffic in your luxurious car which you can barely afford, the one that makes you fat and bald, that cuts 20 to 30 years of your life and makes you look 50 in your 20′s!

Conclusion: Make time for the important things in life! And hey, if the important things are for you some of the ones described above no problem or any judgement from me, you’ll judge yourself a lot harshly in the years to come for not paying attention to your life so Happy living!