Dreama's Reality

Life can be divided into two neat sections: 1) What is important and 2) everything else:

If we lived by that very ethos, life would be a walk in the park. But we complicate things in varying degrees of nonsense, making up reasons for why things are or aren’t.

You could probably divide today up into relevant and irrelevant and discover how much of what you think you have to do, is actually redundant. And you would live like this:

This is perhaps why I’m always slightly amused when somebody makes reference to their “schedule”, and whether they’ll be free on a particular day. I flirt with the idea that all they are really weighing up is whether they are willing to make free time for that thing on that day. Because if they are not, surely they could simply say “I’m not free” as opposed to trying to gauge a reaction from you, about how busy they are on any given day.

This is how those people live:

Perhaps straightforward is something to be desired. This same principle can probably translate to any scenario – say trying to win the lottery. The lottery as we know it, is comprised of many things:

1) The machine that presents random numbers

2) The 30 minute telly show complete with celebrity presenter.

3) Derivation after derivation of ticket type (Thunderball, Hot Picks, Lotto or a scratch card)

4) Certain days the draw will be selected on

5) The results

Of the 5 points above, is each really as important as the next?

Whilst technically, there isn’t a problem with adding “fillers” to things, perhaps there is a danger in devaluing what is important and adding value to what is not. Ending up with this:

Which sucks. You get to decide what your day consists of – choose wisely.