Dear Nobody,

Every year in school we'd be gathered down to an assembly. In Elementary we were supposed to set an achievable goal that we should accomplish by the end of the year. I was always the student that put down 'Get better grades' or 'Make a new friend'. Middle school they knocked it up a bit. We were told to set a goal that was realistic. I can remember one year writing down 'be happy' and then scratching it out and writing 'be normal'. High school came along and this time they wanted to know what our life goals were.

Most people go into high school at the age of fourteen. According to google the average lifespan of a human is seventy-nine years. At one-fifth of our lifespan, they want us to set a goal of what we want to do with our entire life. I'm not the same as I was two years ago HELL I'm not the same as I was a week ago. How am I supposed to set a goal of what I want to do with the next four-fifths of my life? 

I spent the majority of my life up to this point dancing along the poverty line. I learned to find the best deals on food by age five. I was calculating gas prices at nine. I dropped my fantasies of being a millionaire at three. I set my eye's on many probable career choices. It's funny that the one I've settled on is the most outlandish of them all. 

But what if what they are asking for isn't your job but how you act? Maybe I want to be nice to every person I meet? Maybe I want to be slightly sassy but all in good fun. I never want to hurt anyone but that's inevitable. Life is filled with hurting others whether intentional or unintentional. I never want to hurt someone intentionally.

So, I talked about goals. Am I going to set any? Probably not. I don't like my life the way it is right now but I know that I'm not able to change anything right now.

thanks for listening,

The WritingEvil

bad joke- What kind of bagel can fly???

A plain bagel :)