'Live A Little'
That is the campaign slogan for my place of employment... it has this catchy and roll off the tongue feel. So easy to say yet so hard to do. What constitutes living a little? Taking a shower at night instead of the morning? Adding that extra scoop of ice cream to your bowl? Stepping out of that day by day routine, that seems to suck us in like the bermuda triangle. Everywhere we go people say 'oh sit back let loose', have a 'hay' day! 'go with the flow' 'live like you were dying' but I just can't quite grasp the concept. I go to school, I work, I live! (a little) I am healthy, have a supportive family, loyal friends and a new dog. Yet, as my roomate pointed out, we don't have fun anymore. Vanity, Pressure and constant busy work has consumed us. We wake up day after day, breathe in and out and just 'be'. I consider my self an extreme optimist, but for the first time in my life, i feel confused and unmistakingly out of ideas. What happened? What keeps us motivated? How did we lose the 'spark'? How can we find the balance of LIVING and living?