Caution: egocentricity follows

In an attempt to frantically escape all future responsibilities, I lived these past few days introverted and too selfish to care about any foreseen consequences—knowing not the severity of my slumped posture, but assured of the fact that it will indeed influence my future self. I cannot help but continue in my undeniably insatiable quest for peace of mind. How can one reconcile two clashing beliefs when both seem plausible despite each gliding dangerously close above irrationality in comparison?

Money makes the world go ‘round. It is an inevitable fact that countless dreamers try to refute, but reality, once the idealisms dissipate, solidifies the untold truth. Money is influence is power is change. What kind of change, depends. We’ve all seen the varying shades of that spectrum. But as I become more fondly aware of the simpler wonders of life, I can’t help but notice a personal shift in priorities and expectations. Once driven by money and future (corporate) power, I can no longer connect to that former greedy craving. What I want from the everyday doesn’t come from—or at least not directly from—the number of bills in my wallet or the number on my paycheck. This is not to say that the work I do should go unjustly overlooked; recognition, both in monetary and societal terms, is what drives human ambition—that and the possibility of personal and professional advancement. It is clear that everything monetarily is a constant in this rapidly changing world. The burden of bills and taxes will forever remain countered against the dollar value of your income and investments. Isolating the issue from external factors, what can be a personal choice, in my present opinion, is how heavily you place a value on your individual monetary gains amongst the rest.

The rest, of course, being anything and everything.