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I’m guessing from the usual underwhelming number of poll participants that my readers A: don’t enjoy surveys and B: I still need to find a different way of financing my interests. Duly noted! 😁 😂 🙄
So to follow the path of least resistance I should probably turn myself in another direction… or let’s face it, that path could turn out to be even harder once I’m on it or the very least drearier, greyer and more soul sucking than the stuff my brain cooks up in the studio. My mum is certain that if only I’d had a couple of kids I would have matured properly instead of focusing so much on happiness! (I certainly would have been too tired to, seeing as I didn’t have much luck meeting dad-talented* partners in my 20’s, so I would have been hustling for survival, not the meaning of life)
* the word I want eludes me at the moment
http://www.becomingwhoyouare.net/follow-your-passion/
This week my curiosity led me to confirm that elderberries do not contain actual pigment to be extracted (within reasonable means anyway). What else produces the deep, brilliant red is beyond me, I fall asleep instantly if I try to read about actual chemistry and molecule compositions. So I know for certain that is not my destiny either; despite the periodic table appearing frequently in crosswords I cannot for the life of me remember more than 2-3 elements at a time. And I have to think a moment on those, oxygen being the only one that comes natural, which kinda makes sense from an esoteric perspective, right?
Anyway, I actually just wanted to share these memes.
Colour Cottage 
Would you have liked kids? I never wanted them, which was fortunate given I’m actually infertile due to severe Endometriosis – though I didn’t know that until I was in my thirties.
And at least we can both be smug about how small our environmental impact is compared to those who do reproduce! Want to save the planet? Stop breeding folks!
I have no problem identifying passion/s however I don’t have a great deal of ambition and I think you need both 😂
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Nope, I did not want them, not even a little bit, but my mother firmly believes that I would have changed my mind once I had them. No matter what moron I had used as a sperm donor. Not a very safe gamble imho – after all she went into it wanting us as well as having very different values from mine, so I don’t see how we would compare. And yes, the planet is severely overpopulated, so at least I’ve done one good thing in my life.
I don’t have a problem identifying my passions either, but combining them with income seems beyond me. As well as making myself be passionate about whichever actual paying job would have been possible – with options dwindling rapidly due to health, age and obsolete skills. They just passed a new rule here – whereas you’ve always been able to get some form of social security, providing you had no capital, you are now required to have worked full time for at least 2½ years within the last 10 or you get can get nothing. Disability pensions are nearly extinct, if they judge you able to work one hour a week it’s no go (or they try you for, like, an 8 year period over and over). I’m guessing by the time I reach pension age of 67, all of that will apply there as well, so I’m basically screwed. We thought we were doing the responsible thing by society living off one wage and not getting involved with the support system while I was out (always thought it would be temporary), but it looks like that was a bad call. Go figure.
I even make a lousy employee – hierarchies and time tables grate against every bone in my body. 😉
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As so often the case, I relate to so much of what you’ve written here – I’m not exactly a great employee either!
Part of my problem is also a lack of interest in money – I recognise Nd appreciate I can’t get far without it, but in itself it doesn’t motivate me at all.
The U.K. benefits system also has increasingly draconian rules. I do currently get some benefits but have to regularly prove my deservingness, even though I have an incurable condition. But at least I do get something at the moment. That said I would rather have nothing to do with the system but if I don’t I won’t be making National Insurance contributions which means I won’t get so much pension – if in fact we are still allowed to retire in 15 years time 🙄
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Money is a tool, nothing more. Nothing exciting about it at all.
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And just going back to the kids thing: parents (of kids generally) always seem to think those of us who don’t want them will change our minds. I think they just want children because they don’t have any better interests to pursue 😂
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You are right about ambition too – I’m not very competitive. I have less than zero desire to be famous, having to stay in the game, sucking up to people by learning the proper frases etc. If I had a trust fund or magic lottery ticket, I’d probably just mosey on like I do now and gift everything I make. If anything I’d be more productive in fact with the thought of marketing vs. looming homelessness out of the way.
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Same here. Homelessness isn’t seriously a potential problem is it?
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well, not as long as I have a person with a good income to scrounge off!
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Okay! You had me worried G was in danger of losing his job or something!
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Well he did year before last and was home for about 4 months. It’s a stressful business with many jobs being exported to Poland and India, companies don’t hold on to employees during dry spells but tend to add and subtract per project basis. Never mind that nobody has consistent knowledge about systems or anything.
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I’m sorry to hear that – I hope his/your future stays secure. That kind of working environment is so stressful for everyone involved.
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Well, nothing in life is secure, and since I’m actually a crummy housewife it would be nice to have something else going for me, if nothing else for the excuse of not having time to vacuum 😁 😂 🤣
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I don’t think security(as much as is possible anyway) and you having something else going for you are mutually exclusive are they? 😁
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… if I could only come up with something both enjoyable and lucrative at the same time. Even just buying my own supplies would be nice for a start.
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I had a few years in this position, and I do understand.
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.. as for vacuuming, I already make plenty of excuses, if that’s what you meant! 😉
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Ha! Dave does any vacuuming in this house !
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Great blog post!
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Oh the memes are fun. I am also looking for ways to be, live, exist and be well. Haha, always I’m still looking. 🙂
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Probably a neverending journey for some of us!
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Hey Pia er du der stadig, eller er du druknet i en bunke kulørte efterårsblade?
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Nærmere i husprojekter blandet med dårligt helbred. I dag har jeg en monsterhovedpine, som jeg håber blot er begyndelsen på en virus og ikke min nakke som er blevet værre.
Jeg har simpelthen ikke rigtig haft noget at skrive om her, men det luner da bestemt at der er nogen som har lagt mærke til det! 🙂
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