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I remember rationalist kid me looking upon those moments with aghast, fascinated horror. This was a learning moment. The world didn’t always work in safe, refridgeratable ways. Life was chaos, and you grabbed yummies where you could.
It fundamentally changed me I lived on this samsaric concept of “once I finish everything, I can enjoy” It taught me there was no “after” I *was* living This *was* life Work was play was rest was retirement; the ways I had been told to live were a lie https://t.co/VZ8tewRqTg
I remember musing as a child, about the Switch. It was a critique of society as I saw it, where I saw people say they just needed grades, then just a degree, then just needed a job, as if at some point, a switch would flip, and their real life would start.
The refrain I was taught in my life was: “Once you finish your work, you are free.” That’s how my middle school life operated, and honestly? It was great. I finished in two hours, and whiled my days away admiring bugs or talking on IRC.
The way out of Forever Work is simple: Forever Play. Because there is no “retirement,” what I have now better be a good enough deal on life. It was quite tantric in its own way. Living without reference point, to future or past. https://t.co/k7qYCSjl7N
Life is so high-dimensional that exploiting your current scenario and counting on something changing in a way you can pivot into a different dimensional focus that makes your previous moves retrospectively worth it is possible.
I totally didn’t see where this thread was going. - The laundry story was about not deferring rewards because you can count on unexpected benefits to keep going. - The dessert story was about not deferring rewards because life can be chaotic & unpredictable.