The past month has been one of drastic change for me. Donna has left for good, I’m putting my house up for sale, I’ve lost a lot of my so-called friends, I’m selling most of my worldly possessions, and I’ve been starving for a month.

Fortunately, I can still whine about my life to a few close friends without feeling bad about myself. They don’t judge me the way that most people seem to be doing lately.

I have made the mistake of confiding in a few individuals whom I assumed were much more open minded than they actually are. I regretted saying anything as soon as the words were out of my mouth. It’s clear that most people can’t fully understand what I’m trying to accomplish. The first response is usually, “What do you mean you don’t want to work anymore?” Or, “You’re too young to retire. How will you survive?”

Well, firstly, I didn’t say “I don’t want to work anymore.” I simply don’t want to work in the traditional sense of the forty-hour-a-week, commuting, cubicle dwelling, ass kissing, wage-slave sense. Is that too much to comprehend? Yes, apparently it is for most.

Yes, I’ve discovered that it’s really a bad idea to talk to most people about things like this, and I promised myself that it wouldn’t happen again. You see, the majority of the working population is very pro-work (or appear to be). They bitch and whine about their jobs, but in the end, they accept the job, and the “prosperity” it brings, as another part of life. They don’t consider any other alternative, since they believe there is none. Anyone foolish enough to think otherwise deserves to wind up in the gutter.

They are programmed through the generations, and that’s fine, there’s nothing wrong with that, if it’s your thing (well, it was my thing too, up until recently), but please don’t preach to me as though I have taken leave of my senses. They have a hard time grasping what I am telling them because they have never known, or considered any alternatives. Maybe they simply don’t want me to escape. Misery loves company, as they say.

Yeah, that’s it, they’re all jealous. :)

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