Nowadays, it only takes one to have an internet connection to be told how fucked up we are. It seems everything around us is falling apart. For a large part of our life, we were given a structure with clear milestones and goals that we had to achieve. Those of us who revelled in that structure had no clue what life outside that structure would look like. Now, we have to define our own milestones and goals. There is no definition for the “right” milestone or the “right” goal anymore to guide us. Amidst this apparent turmoil, it is only natural to feel completely overwhelmed and directionless. To prevent one from being sucked into this vortex, our society has attempted to provide a template - work for a couple of years once you graduate, go for higher education, work for a couple more years after that, get married and have a kid or two. Once you have a kid, they will completely consume your life (as I’ve heard and seen). The next 20 years of your life would become a juggle between your work, being there for your family and ensuring that you can meet all their needs. Once your kids get married and have their own kids, your life would then revolve around your grandkids and the cycle would continue. You would become so consumed in meeting the daily necessities of your life that you would hardly have any time or energy to think about the world at large or ask yourself the big questions.
Hope, longing and family
Hope, longing and family
Hope, longing and family
Nowadays, it only takes one to have an internet connection to be told how fucked up we are. It seems everything around us is falling apart. For a large part of our life, we were given a structure with clear milestones and goals that we had to achieve. Those of us who revelled in that structure had no clue what life outside that structure would look like. Now, we have to define our own milestones and goals. There is no definition for the “right” milestone or the “right” goal anymore to guide us. Amidst this apparent turmoil, it is only natural to feel completely overwhelmed and directionless. To prevent one from being sucked into this vortex, our society has attempted to provide a template - work for a couple of years once you graduate, go for higher education, work for a couple more years after that, get married and have a kid or two. Once you have a kid, they will completely consume your life (as I’ve heard and seen). The next 20 years of your life would become a juggle between your work, being there for your family and ensuring that you can meet all their needs. Once your kids get married and have their own kids, your life would then revolve around your grandkids and the cycle would continue. You would become so consumed in meeting the daily necessities of your life that you would hardly have any time or energy to think about the world at large or ask yourself the big questions.