Reading a lot of books recently. The lord of transcendentalism, Thoreau, is quite interesting to read. the book, Walden, is nearly 200 years old but he hits on topics that I think about daily. He talks about how man can waste his life working and to what end? I cant help but think of my buddy Dalton and his aspirations to live super simply in his van. So bold, but I think if I was honest with myself about what I want in my life it'd be something along those lines. I do not like being tied down to one spot. Also I think breaking up life into something so simple might slow it down a bit. At least living like that interrupts the routine for a minute.
I think about what do I want my life to look like with Cheyenne as we go forward. On Saturday, purely out of boredom we drove around looking at houses that are the market. One thing led to another and we met with a Remax agent and are planning to go to the bank to go see what kind of loan we can get from the bank. Are these actions not now a juxtaposition from my prior thoughts? Absolutely. Its pretty easy to want more and more and to have it all and do everything. Thats why I think its harder to do without more. To live simpler is a lot harder. We just keep collecting and acquiring new things. I dont want to be like that. Whenever I clean out the closet, or the dresser, or get rid of all the loose mail, it feels so much better. Why not clean out your whole house like that. Do we really need that extra desk? Do we need that table when all we do it put mail on it? Lets see if I can make little strides this week to change my way of thinking on this stuff.
I mean reading a book on it is one thing but to live it is another. I read a lot of cool stories and watch amazing films on stuff I would like to do. But thats all I am doing these days it seems. I am finding the more often I experience things second-hand the less often I go out to experience it first hand. Its not enough to see places on TV, I need to go there. I dont want to lead a life of quiet desperation as the title of this post would suggest.
Another thing that makes all this hit home just a bit deeper is the fact that Kobe died. I didnt even think I was that big of a Kobe fan, but that really shocked me. Someone omnipotent like that gone so randomly. Like it just drives in the point that you have to live hard. No one can call when its your time. It can all end so randomly, and who knows what follows life, but I want to enjoy every bit of it and not feel at any point like I wasted too much of it. Of course I dont live everyday to the fullest, but shocking accidents like that do make you stop and take a deeper breath, and soak in everything just a little bit more than normal.
Chey and I went to the WSU Planetarium which was really interesting. Watched a little documentary on dark matter and honestly most of it went over my head (literally & figuratively) but it was really trippy and honestly amazing to watch. Id pay to just lay on my back with some relaxing music and just stare up at it traveling through the stars, that'd be quite the experience.
The weather is unnaturally warm for Pullman this time of year. Its supposed to get up into the 50's this week and the snow nearly all melted away. Is this all a facade? Likely. Next weekend will probably be 15°F and we will be freezing again.
Always Stay Livin'
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