Drunken thoughts are sober truths
By Mr. Anomaly
@Mr_Anomaly (790)
United States
June 7, 2018 9:16pm CST
So I wouldn't say that I'm "drunk" but I certainly have a buzz going. So I do apologize ahead for my ramblings.
This is when thoughts cave my mind in the most.
I've spent a long time feeling different than everyone else... most guys feel that finding a woman is an essential step in life. But I never quite understood this. As an artist, I know that conventionalism is the exact opposite of what I desire in the long run of my life. Having a wife, kids, a medium sized home with a white picket fence and a lawn to mow weekly and a boring trade job that I can't stand is selling myself short and is basically a hell filled with mediocrity. It's essentially steering myself away from my true purpose and causes me to tie myself to a life as an average joe. For some people that is the perfect set up. For me, it is a living hell.
So this begs to question... what do all of you perceive out of all of this? Should I make my life worth living and risk the unlikely? Or should I conform to the system that everyone labels as "The American dream"? One will leave me living without true purpose and letting myself down, the other contains risk, and may be a battle I'll fight alone for the rest of my life, but will give me a true feeling of success if I manage to succeed.
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@Melanie_Marie (1778)
• New Baltimore, Michigan
8 Jun 18
I think you should just not follow the American Dream if it doesn't feel right to you. It never felt right for me either, so that's why I didn't do it.
I also think you should keep that buzz going.
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@sabtraversa (12938)
• Italy
18 Jun 18
Oh please, don't mow the lawn: it's loud, tedious and I like tall grass.
Do you know how many herbs you can eat or use for medical purposes you can find if you let it grow?
I know, some cities force you to mow the lawn. Then don't move to those cities. 
Life is made of stages, maybe you can have both at different times.
I mean, you can begin with the career and start a family when you're 35/40, hoping you'll have the means.
Or vice versa, think of family first and work on art later, around retirement.
I believe the former option is the best one. Youth is more energic.
There's pressure that one has to set up early, especially there in the US.
And it doesn't bring anything good, the divorce rate is pretty high.
Life is made of stages, maybe you can have both at different times.
I mean, you can begin with the career and start a family when you're 35/40, hoping you'll have the means.
Or vice versa, think of family first and work on art later, around retirement.
I believe the former option is the best one. Youth is more energic.
There's pressure that one has to set up early, especially there in the US.
And it doesn't bring anything good, the divorce rate is pretty high.1 person likes this
@Mr_Anomaly (790)
• United States
18 Jun 18
Subweena
what stage of life are you in, and what do you want to do career-wise?
There's pressure here but it all seems so trivial. Being pressured to go in directions that aren't even really necessary depending on the individuals desires.
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@sabtraversa (12938)
• Italy
19 Jun 18
@Mr_Anomaly I would attempt to supply my own demand, career-wise.
Creating something I'd see or use myself, I mean.
Something that hopefully helps others and makes me free and independent.
I'm in the stage I'm afraid to commit to that. 
I also want motherhood, children of mine to take care of and grow.
I don't want to be an old mother, but I want to be one. 
I also want motherhood, children of mine to take care of and grow.
I don't want to be an old mother, but I want to be one. 
@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
8 Jun 18
Druken Allen is way better than sober Allen.
That much I know.
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@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
8 Jun 18
Live your lufe the way yiu wsnt it to be.
At the end of the day, it is your life, not theirs.
Do what makes you happy and be successful in life. American dream is being successful in life. I dont think it said that you should be this and that. But having a job and being succeful however yiu like it to be
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
8 Jun 18
I think you should follow your heart. There is no other way. The life of the artist is an unconventional one. The purpose of unconvention is non conformity. Artists are meant to "Stand out", not to "fit in".
One of my favorite quotes is by George Bernard Shaw;
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
I would substitute the word 'unreasonable' for 'Unconventional'. 
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