So this is a conversation between me and myself, on a weekend, on the rooftop after doing the dishes.
😈: What a boring life. You wake up, go to work, eat, watch Youtube or Netflix, scroll in Instagram, sleep and wake up to do it again tomorrow. No sparkling things happen to us like people on Youtube, no achievement.
😇: At least I am still alive.
😈: All your daily routines are flat like your salary increases. See people on Youtube. They are so happy. I think their everyday slogan is my life my adventure. But here we are, On the rooftop.
😇: Ok, first. Why so busy comparing yourself to them? The Youtube show that you saw even not their life. It is their job like you do on a daily basis. They do their job so well that makes you think that they don’t hate their job. Even it is not life. It is a scripted scenario. Why so busy?
😈: Admit it, you are jealous but try to keep calm. I know you.
😇: No I am not. I mean I was jealous. But I know that achievement will be achieved after a series of boring habits. Graduation, salary increases, promotion, etc. They are all the achievements that come after surviving through days.
😈: So our life is not that bad?
😇: I think and I hope so.
😈: But I feel that we don’t move anywhere. We are stuck.
😇: Where do you want to go? Healing? Vacation?
😈: No. Not like that. We don’t need a vacation, we are introverts. I mean you need to work and do something more. No time for scrolling and wasting your time. We must achieve something and people will know that we exist. We are here to prove to them. Do you know what I mean?
😇: OK. I got it.
😈: No you don’t.
😇: Alright..alright. Just elaborate.
😈: Stop scrolling on Twitter and Instagram. Watching Youtube is only for research. Work work work..!
😇: On the weekend? We already working our as**s every day. We need a rest.
😈: No..! You can rest at night and when you or -technically us- dead..!
😇: Wow..! That is rude. What kind of life do you want?
😈: I told you, see people on Youtube, their new car, their new stuff, they look happy when posting their vacation, their family. Not to mention their food. It is so delicious. Can we be like them?
😇: We can’t.
😈: Why?
😇: OK. Let’s make it clear. They post only the good thing because that makes them happy. Their achievement, their happiness. You don’t see their daily life, They are like us too.
😈: But..!
😇: Alright..alright. Let’s focus on what can we do on daily basis. What kind of day that you want to live by?
😈: Full of big achievements.
😇: No you can’t. How about the small one?
😈: Small achievement? Sounds good to me.
😇: Create a schedule for a week. This is the list. Improve your physical, mental, social and spiritual. Exercise and nutrition for physical, reading and writing for mental, doing service and empathy for social, pray and meditate for spiritual. That is a busy schedule besides working 40 hours a week. Just create a checklist after we do it, it is a small achievement for us. How about that? If we do it, regularly, I think you don’t have time to compare us to some strangers on Youtube that you are so proud of.
😈: Wooww..! What a busy week. I like it.
😇: Ok, let’s do it. I will create the schedule and make it our habit. Let’s start tomorrow!
😈: Wait.. wait..! Tomorrow? Is it too fast? I mean I still have a lot of Netflix series and Youtube to watch..! Can we do it like next year?
😇: Sigh..! 😓