Okay, fine. I admit it. I’ve been really depressed lately. Have you ever had one of those weeks where everything you touch basically turns to crap? (Where deadlines for things that seemed important to you disappear without a trace. Days where you stare at a blank page or a blank screen and words don’t come. Days where you feel so self-conscious you don’t want to leave your house. Days where… oh, you get the idea.)
Even today as I vented some frustrations to a friend I was a little taken back by their response. It was something to the effect of: “Get a dayjob. Job satisfaction isn’t for everybody.” When what I really wanted to hear was, “Don’t be silly, of course you can do it. Now, go – do it!”
I decided to ask Twitter for reasons that life was worth living. The results are as below.
- Achieving things, good food, relationships with people
@joshuawithers - Knowing @Richard1994
@Richard1994 - Too many adventures to be had! Places to see, people to meet, flavours to savour!
@brojoghost - Air. Air is free. That makes it worth it.
@MiddleClassGirl - Tim Tams
@strictly - Bacon
@Bronzethumb - Because there are kind people out there who return twitter handles
@ZebraBites - Sometimes people you barely know give you really delicious cookies. Totally makes life worth living.
@glittertash - Twitter. That is my reason…
@TeeMonster - I’ll second @TeeMonster. The number of times Twitter has single-handedly saved my day from utter craptasticness, it’s boggling.
@BronzeThumb - Remember Martika makes life worth living.
@Lilylauren - Ummm…. because you get to eat chocolate?
@aliciamalone
Can you think of any others?
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A lot of good reasons right there! And might I add, when the general consensus seems to point to all things edible, that’s gotta be a darn good lead!
Oh I think helping others (there’s always worse), chocolate and funny shows like The Daily Show which laugh at all the things that make us feel depressed are worth living for. Of course there could always be the villain/arch enemy. I could volunteer as a Nerf villain.
If we knew all the questions about life, you would loose that mystery.