Cliff Gardner

Friday, April 28, 2006

A post about apathy

Last night Jess, AshAttack, Chelsea, Ashley J. and I decided that we don’t understand people who are comfortable doing nothing. It is perfectly understandable to not know what you want to do with your life at 22. That’s fine. However, if you’re not sure what you want to do, just do something that helps the world while you figure things out. Join Americorps like Kristen, or Teach for America like Zayne and Dre, or (hopefully!) the Peace Corps like me. Volunteer at an elementary school or a soup kitchen or library. It should be noted that these “nice to the world” things I just mentioned are, for many people, ends in and of themselves instead of transition activities, which is totally awesome. If you don’t know what you want to be, just be a good person and the rest will take care of itself.

5 Comments:

  • Well done. Sound advice for everyone.

    Moral of the story...don't be a tool.

    By Blogger truax, at 12:54 PM  

  • as long as i don't have to eat lint and pee i will work wherever i can be hired.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:53 PM  

  • I totally agree. Doing something worthwhile will help you figure out the long-term, and that's a good thing. It's OK to not know everything.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5:41 PM  

  • I smile at people a lot. Does that qualify as good-deed-dom?

    By Blogger haylie, at 11:06 PM  

  • Amen.

    I am now an official member of the AmeriCorps waiting for my project to begin in July. Part of the reason behind taking that year away from school is to figure out what the hell I want to do. :)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:04 PM  

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