Writing reflection paper proposal

My younger cousin always says a phrase I hate. She’s thirteen and runs around with face paint on. “To be honest,” she starts she says in a high pitch with her nose wrinkled, and finishes with a blunt, condescending opinion. Apparently, for kids the phrase has its own hashtag (#tbh). Head shake.

So, this is the opposite of that. Not in that way, I am going to be honest. If I had had more time, the only change I would have made is to have made even more time for the paper. There’s an unfortunate dilemma for a lot of people. The more time people have, the more they tend to waste.  Think about the concept of a bucket list. A bucket list is supposed to be a list that’s encompasses goals for our whole lives. But instead we look at it and expect this wish list to be accomplished in the last three years on earth (ten maybe, if death isn’t premature).  We have all this time to waste now so we put off the things we wish to do most. It’s a Catch-22.

Think about the last time you were talking to a friend. He asked you what you were doing. Have you answered with “Nothing” or “I’m just finishing some work,” recently? Maybe even this past Sunday...  And if you have kids, you may feel like you haven’t done nothing in a really long time. So, what do you do the first time you’re truly free? Nothing, usually.

We constantly choose nothing when we have time. Nothing that’s on our lists, anyway.

What’s next on your bucket list? When will you do it? And I guarantee that no matter how far away that future plan is from the present moment, you cannot do it at this moment because you’re busy with daily living.  Working, drinking. Everyday activities that are not on your bucket list at all. And then you say, I’m doing all of this so that when I’m older I can finally do what I’ve always wanted to.

 It will be perfectly rational, so I’ll nod and say, that makes sense.

This isn’t everyone, so maybe it’s not you, but it’s a lot of people. And it’s me.  If I had been given more time, I would have written something very similar because as is human nature, I would have let my time whittle down to just what I thought I needed.

However, that’s not a bad thing. After this reflection, it seems like this is just what I needed to get my head in the game for the future. Because, just because I don’t think I could have changed the past, doesn’t mean I can’t change by making more time in the future.  

And that’s an argument you can’t argue against.