Life, the universe and everything that has become clearer to me in cloudier environments

The topic is ambitious, but I am not.

I wish to pen down my learnings from life, my life, my modest 25 years of existence on this planet.

'Why do we exist?', I hear you ask. We just do. There is no greater meaning to our existence. It is pointless.

'Why do people struggle, then?'. Ah! This is where mankind is different and I must explain this in some detail.

Mankind works. And I mean this literally. I do not mean that in the same context as 'My computer works'. Mankind decides to go to work, usually for about 8-10 hours a day. With this human beings earn money. Money is coloured paper and the only thing that matters for the majority of them, because with money, you can live in luxury.

'So why do you need luxury?Isn't survival enough?'. Yes, a completely rational question. Animals survive. Mankind wants to exist in all its glory. Human beings live their lives trying to prove themselves to someone else. When you're growing up, you want to prove that you are a good student to your teachers, a good son to your parents and a good friend to your friends. When you finish your education you want a great job, because that shows the world that you've achieved something. At work you want to impress your boss, to show him that you're worthy of a promotion, worthy of responsibility. And so it goes on, endlessly, thankfully, not completely endlessly, because human beings and animals are similar in one aspect, they both die.

The human race thinks it's special. We believe we're here for a purpose. We are not. We are just here, like everything else.

While we're here, for that limited amount of time, it is absolutely essential for us to enjoy ourselves. Now, only you, who have chosen to work in an office for 8-12 hours a day, truly know whether you are 'enjoying' yourself and living your life.

Money is important, but it is important to enable you to do the things you love to do. There is no sense in saving for the future, because in the future you might not exist.

Work must be completely separate from life. Anyone who loves his job so much that he hasn't had time to see the world for all its simplicity and beauty, is wasting his life.

There is no such thing as a perfect job or a perfect career. A job is a compromise. Something you must do so that you can do the things you really want to do. Society has made it so. There hasn't been a single human born who knew exactly what he would like to do. As such, humans make decisions and ultimately those decisions result in vocations,jobs, careers, compromises.

'So what is life?' Life is a collection of experiences. The more diverse the set of experiences the more enriching life is.

Achievement is never for the self. An achievement can never stand alone, because it must have a benchmark, something that has been set by humans before you.

It makes no sense to 'achieve' anything. It is a dangerous state of mind to be in, because it becomes infinitely harder to exist in society in this state of mind. However, life becomes infinitely simpler.

This topic is ambitious. But I am not.