Dream Killer - Doing What You're Supposed to Do
I’ve wasted a lot of time in my life doing what I'm supposed to do.
- I went to college because that’s what you're supposed to do.
- I got a job to sit in a cubicle for 8 hours a day because that's what you're supposed to do.
- I lived for the weekends because that's what you're supposed to do.
I ended up for a brief time with a life I did not want, a life that was not me.
I’ve previously written a lot about the importance of following your own path and not living life based on a template.
The truth is, it’s damn hard not to. The few of us that evolved past living based on conventions and social norms are trying to keep our heads above water. But the mainstream, the sea of “what works,” seems to keep pulling us back under.
The mainstream isn’t working for me (in fact, I can’t remember a time it did). Common sense isn’t working for me anymore either. I don’t need to do things that are common.
I don’t need to do things that make sense to other people.
I don’t need to go with the grain. I don’t need to take the path of the most resistance. I don’t need to follow the leader.