09-20-2008, 01:16 AM
Okay, earlier today I read an article about this new clock unveiled at Cambridge called the Time Eater (or Chronophage).
Look it up to see what I'm talking about. On the hour the clock makes the sound of a chain dropping into a coffin and the lid shutting, all to remind those around it of their short mortal existance... is that not the most unsettling thing.
Anyway, it got me to thinking about how short our lives are. My roommate just lost her grandfather this past week and one of her friend's just lost her mother. Even though I don't really have to worry about death (though its on my mind with the funerals going on), I have been thinking about time and what I plan to do.
I mean I want to be successful and live independently, but I also want to appreciate the trappings of a relationship. I'm not going to jump out tomorrow and try to find someone, but it does have me thinking that my youth is fleeting with each passing day. When will it be time? How will I ever know?
I told myself not to get into a relationship in high school because it would never last. I did the same thing during university. But being 16 and saying that I have lots of time, and now being 23, I realize that 7 years is not that long... heck, its been almost a year since I joined this site and even that time has flown by.
I'm not going to rush, but I want to think more about the now and not the future. Planning for the future just makes me avoid doing things because I don't want to upset the plan. I'm just tired of making plans and having to give my parents, my friends, my teachers an entire 3-4 plan of what I want to do with my life, especially when I get scornful looks if everything doesn't flow as scheduled (ie, like what happened to me in the last year when I left my MA and moved back to New Brunswick). Plus I'm sick of hearing that I'm young and I have lots of time... I don't have lots of time. The time to do things when I'm young is quickly fading. Perhaps its time to take more action and not worry about what will happen 4 years down the road.
What about your time? Do you think you have time? Or is time fleeting by as each day, week, and year march on?
Time... it will not wait... no matter how hard you hold on... it escapes you. (bonus points if you know what I'm referencing
).
Look it up to see what I'm talking about. On the hour the clock makes the sound of a chain dropping into a coffin and the lid shutting, all to remind those around it of their short mortal existance... is that not the most unsettling thing.
Anyway, it got me to thinking about how short our lives are. My roommate just lost her grandfather this past week and one of her friend's just lost her mother. Even though I don't really have to worry about death (though its on my mind with the funerals going on), I have been thinking about time and what I plan to do.
I mean I want to be successful and live independently, but I also want to appreciate the trappings of a relationship. I'm not going to jump out tomorrow and try to find someone, but it does have me thinking that my youth is fleeting with each passing day. When will it be time? How will I ever know?
I told myself not to get into a relationship in high school because it would never last. I did the same thing during university. But being 16 and saying that I have lots of time, and now being 23, I realize that 7 years is not that long... heck, its been almost a year since I joined this site and even that time has flown by.
I'm not going to rush, but I want to think more about the now and not the future. Planning for the future just makes me avoid doing things because I don't want to upset the plan. I'm just tired of making plans and having to give my parents, my friends, my teachers an entire 3-4 plan of what I want to do with my life, especially when I get scornful looks if everything doesn't flow as scheduled (ie, like what happened to me in the last year when I left my MA and moved back to New Brunswick). Plus I'm sick of hearing that I'm young and I have lots of time... I don't have lots of time. The time to do things when I'm young is quickly fading. Perhaps its time to take more action and not worry about what will happen 4 years down the road.
What about your time? Do you think you have time? Or is time fleeting by as each day, week, and year march on?
Time... it will not wait... no matter how hard you hold on... it escapes you. (bonus points if you know what I'm referencing
).
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