The Simple Life of an unemployed English Graduate

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Day 3- still no job

Well yes it's day 3 but I do have three job interviews lined up! So that's great!

Overall, it has been really good so far. I met up with a friend who lives in NYC and came to TLV for a visit, we had a nice afternoon lunch.  It was really good except she kept saying that she can't believe how expensive it is in TLV compared to the US. Yep, hard to believe but it is true, Israel is very expensive to live in. Oh Israel... It's also loads of stuff. You know, the political stuff I'm trying to avoid talking about but will cause well I'm me. But later.

Anyhow, after meeting up with this friend I had to run to the TEDx event one of my other friends helped producing. I gotta tell you, it was AMAZING! There were so many inspiring people and so much good they are doing, be it social and medical research or activism to insure peace for our future generations. All trough the event I was wondering about this ability people have of doing. It is simple, after all, the world is divided into doers and those who just follow the first group. So what makes us part of one group and not the other? Is it laziness, brains or motivation? I'm not sure.

Then again, every time I want to do something that will be big and influential I don't think about the process but the final outcome, I'm actually starting to think that this is the actual cause of inactivity. At least in my case.  For example, I started writing this blog, thinking how great it will be to be a blogger and write every day, I never really thought about the process that I would have to go trough, coming up with ideas and actually sitting down and writing. Well, more like typing really. I'm only guessing, but maybe this is the difference between those two groups of people. Then there are more questions that rise up, for example: is having a vast imaginative ability a disadvantage in this case? When I see a future I can imagine it to the very detail but not what brought me to it, the boring parts, are beyond me. Then when I start doing, I can see the result in my head, but somehow getting there becomes almost impossible. The distance between nothing and that thing i imagine is too far.  Wouldn't it be better to not dream of the result but actually get to it trough work?

I Guess what I'm trying to say with all this, is that I admire the ability to really make things happen. Think about it, how many times did you think about a great idea that could be very successful but you never really tried. Is this the difference between us, the normal people, and TED speakers? If so, wouldn't the world be a better place if we did that extra effort and tried?

Yes I know, its a cliche song and all...

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