The Road Less Travelled
Sometimes I wonder why I’m doing all this. Why am I waking up in the morning, helping out my family, trying to do Shah Training, get good grades at school, and work on my consulting job. Why am I hoping for my script to get sold instead of just focusing solely on school or trying to get an internship or trying to get a higher-paying job?
Ideally I would just focus on school right now, then go out and start looking for a job once I graduate. That would be “ideal.” That would be, essentially, the road most traveled. But I’ve never been the one to take the road most traveled. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been the one to do things differently.
Early childhood memories tell me that I was always a writer, a planner, meticulous in some instances, and careless in others. I was always physical, but I was also the type of person that would be able to sit in a quite corner all to himself without making a noise. I would get lost in parties and excel in family gatherings. I loved attention, but from only those that I trusted.
When I look at myself in the mirror sometimes I feel a sudden urge to just be angry. Really, I feel this way. Why? Because there is a sad truth that I’ve come to realize recently: People are stupid. This truth has been further compounded by the fact that I have recently began reading Freakonomics.
Freakonomics talks about economics in a completely different way than most economics talk about. To me, it’s like taking two seemingly polor opposite scenarious and connecting them through logic, philosophy, and economics. This makes sense to me because in a way I’ve been doing this for a greater part of my life.
Freakonomics is basically looking at the world a different way. Same goes for me. I look at things in a different way. Recently, I’ve been conducting an internal debate whether or not an upcoming YJA (Young Jain Association) Convention is worth the $275 ticket that they are selling. Frankly speaking if you were to take into account the cost of the hotel in downtown Chicago, then this price is surely a bargain. But I don’t see it that way. I see it is a complete rip off and waste of money.
Why do you guys think I see this convention as a rip-off? And what does this post have to do with fitness? Post your thoughts to comments.
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