Life is short ; Live it up...

Money,love,friends,drugs, sports, literature, art, movies--
whatever you seek in your life, it's probably different from the person sitting next to you.

Too often I wonder the difference between a successful life and a failed life. How or Who, if anyone, should define or determine a failed life only failed because we look at it as failed?
Perhaps we diagnose it as a failed life simply because it doesnt agree with our socioeconomic norms.


Someone who wants to travel and never goes to school instead derives their knowledge through experiences is often considered uneducated, but to what extent is someone educated? Can you tell me??? Is someone who goes to school for four years really that much more "enlightened" than a construction worker who chose to work and join a trade at the age of 18 instead of going to a university? IF so.. I wonder why.

Although higher education is something I wouldn't give up foe the world, life after college sometimes worries me.
It seems a lot of students fall into what seems to be a mundane plot,rather than what could be joyous and spontaneous expedition.
If I were to go to a univeristy, obtain my bachelor degree and pursue what most college graduates aspore toward after college, I may never get that vital time back. To some extent, I realize others just want to have a successful career which will allow them to live a decent life,raise their children and reitre in a timely fashion.This is perfectly fine with me, but it is not something that appeals to me.
Going to school for four years,finding well-paying job and working a stereotypical nine-to-five job for 40 years and then retiring in our 60s or 70s seems to be a way of life that is too accepted,too planned. Although it may not be for everyone, I've decided to reorganize the plot of my life to one that I feel is more logical.

Rather than wait until I am 60 or 70, I've decidede to take to an indefinite amount of years after college to travel and see the things I want to see while I am physically and mentally equipped to make the excursion.

There are many questions in life that will never be answered, but there is one thing we can all agree on : LIFE IS SHORT. Although college and a carrer may be important, it doesnt mean that we all have to do it according to "the norm". Take time,think about who you are and what you want,learn however you want to learn and apply it however you want to apply it.
The marginal utility of life can be weighed by the person living it. Although there may be standards and norms,that doesnt mean you have to accept them. Life is a game of questions, so ask them.