It's almost impossible to neglect the reality that most of us are wasting our lives. Taking notes and accounting of my interactions with others, I look at and observe how we waste our lives. Often these observations make me as questions like; Why do we do this? Why do we allow ourselves to live an unhappy life?
In a free country, every morning we wake up, we have the option to set our own schedule. However, most of us are not willing to make our own schedule, because it is scary, Yet, we complain that we don’t have control over our lives. Well, here is your wake up sign, start making time to become your own schedule setter!
Below is a video and a poem that I wrote addressing my observations. Hopefully, this video or poem will encourage somebody to take control waste a little bit less of their day.
Go Make the Time
86,400…. 86,397…. 86,394….
Stop thinking and telling yourself “I’ll find the time” because
you’ll realize, that opportunity has passed.
86,372… 86,369… 86,366…
Who are your loved one? Have you spoken with them today,
yesterday? Or, will you wait until tomorrow?
86,354… 86,351…
Are you the puppeteer of your calendar, or
Does somebody else pull the strings?
86,341… 86,338…
Close your eyes and visualize your escape,
What are you actively doing to preserve its essence?
86,328…
Go on, get up. It’s time to demonstrate your underrated strengths,
Why are you still here?
86,319…
Stop watching and start prioritizing
These are the last 86,312 seconds of YOUR day.
Jumping off a cliff into a body of water while hiking in Teton National Park. Photograph by Dalton Johnson
This poem is here to encourage you.
For all of the haters out there, feel free to leave a comment below and tell me things like… we aren’t all free, some of us have to work for a living, I’m nothing but white privilege, etc. If you feel this way, I am sorry and I am not trying to offend you. My goal is to share some inspiration with you to encourage you to find solutions, so you can live a better life.
