Earning Money For The Sake Of Earning Money?

St.Gallen, Switzerland, 2017

I feel like I haven't written something substantial in a while, so, here goes. 

During one of my many mental soliloquies, I reflected on what I often ask people, 'There is so much of this Earth that till date remains unchartered -' Did you know that we know more about outer space than we know about our oceans? 'How can one be satisfied living in the same ten block radius one's entire life?'

Now, before anyone says, ''money is important'', I know money is important; my question is: What are you earning that much for? What are you clocking all those hours in a nine to five job that no longer excites you for?

Is there a reason for striving to earn so much money that you never need to work again? Do you want to help people with it? Do you want to travel the world with that money? Experience things most people will never be able to fathom? 

My next question is: Do you see yourself doing any of those things, realistically speaking? 

Maybe, it was alright, twenty years ago, to earn for the sake of earning money ... to become a doctor because you didn't think you had any other option ... to get married because that's just the sort of thing one does. In today's day and age, when the entire world is at the mercy of your fingertips, when it is possible to make a sustainable living uploading videos online doing something you love, it is no longer okay to waste away your life in a race, where the goal leads to all these things you never really wanted, to do things you do not full-heartedly want to achieve. 

I say it is downright disrespectful to have all this information before you, ripe for the taking, for you to be deterred by things not being what you are accustomed to. It is no longer okay to be content with going with the heard, when you know that is not what you desire. 

It might be hard, this thing, but so are the things you'll end up settling for. So, although it might arrantly petrify you, you need to stand up for something that you believe you are meant to do. 

It's time we as a generation decided to stop being content, to realise the world's potential,
to step out of our comfort zones and leave behind our sheltered lives because no matter what the setbacks, it's a lovely time to be alive.