memories

[thedarkproject]

I don't like change. Too often it seems to be a way of obscuring the memories of things I hold dear. I see people renovating shops and demolishing buildings and changing roads and before long I forget what used to be there, and the things I did in that place.

And I often think life is moving along too fast. I was just thinking today about something I remembered so clearly that it seemed fairly recent, yet when I thought about it, it must have been at least 9 years ago. The same goes for some of the odder dreams I had, which are about 15 years old now. And stuff from 2 or 3 years ago may as well be yesterday, in many cases. It's strange how the mind works, but mainly I'm just worried that the years are just flying by and I don't have much to show for them.

Comments

[thedarkproject]

You're probably right about the world ending. ;)

I don't really have a social group at the moment unless you count the people I see when I'm out, which I don't.

I'm glad to have no house ownership or kids! But in terms of a career - though I dislike the concept generally - I could and should have done better really. I think I will do so, eventually.

[fiendil.livejournal.com]

I want the house bit. My own space to do my own thing to, and so that the money being paid into the black hole eventually turns back into mine, rather than being in the pocket of various landlords.

This has been said before that it's harder for the current generation to sort out their career and lives because of the shift to the service sector, because of the information overload, because jobs have become more unstable.

[thedarkproject]

I think expectations about 'careers' need to change a bit, really. We have lots of people doing degrees with which there's little chance of getting a relevant job. Personally though, I could have been sorted out ages ago, if I'd just had the right frame of mind.

[fiendil.livejournal.com]

Heh. There's too many people doing degrees full stop. Less degrees, more vocational shit.

I'd have been better off doing something vocational rather than my degree, but I wouldn't pass up the social opportunity for anything.

[thedarkproject]

If they funded universities based more on their vocational contributions instead of their research qualities, then we might have a better situation all round.