Job Title: Aspiring Human Being

Good Afternoon World,

I had a strange moment this morning I thought I would share. I was walking to work, on the last leg of my often profoundly eye opening journey, and I suddenly became overwhelmed with the compulsion to write myself a note. I suppose I had been day dreaming of leaving the company and, as I often do, started visualizing the process. I just began typing a note on my phone, to in some way, answer the stupid, all too common, question, "What will you do?" or "What do you do?" This will be an answer to both myself and everyone else who asks me those questions following my departure from this company and as I move along through my adventure:

"I am going to learn to talk to strangers, enjoy it and do it more often. I going to lose the fear to fail when the task is noble and I am passionate. I am going to develop a sane relationship between my material needs and security and the real reasons for living. I am going to build and find community. I am going to expand my mind forever. I am going to help others. I am going to develop an unconditional love for life."

That's what I am going to do and that's what I am doing. It is never complete and never will be. The list will only grow.

Anyway, I wanted to share that with you. I think that question is so ridiculous and narrow minded. It is telling that this is one of the main questions we ask each other. I had struggled with answering that in the past and I think now I will refuse to answer the question with a simple economic answer describing my job. Having a note like this to read every day will help me solidify a proper answer and also make it be true.


Regards,

Frank
Aspiring True Human Being