With all the tragedy in the world at the moment it's easy to buy into the apocolyptic theories penetrating the media, status updates and water cooler conversations.
Whether you believe it or not though the prospect is daunting...especially for us twenty somethings. We're the lucky ones who get to put stuff off and say “one day” so often that we don't actually do a hell of a lot except blow our disposable incomes.
Kids, marriage, buying a house, taking up bingo and cross stitch. These are all on life's To Do List and the beauty of being a twenty something is that we constantly get told that there will be plenty of time for that sort of thing...later. Now we're faced with the possibility of having absolutely no time to do any of these things and it's a bit strange really.
I'm not scared, more just annoyed. I mean, I haven't even been on a proper overseas adventure. It would really rip my undies if the world decided to throw in the towel before I got to go on that tea cup ride in Disneyland, eat my weight in authentic French pastry or take the classic “it looks like I'm holding a Pyramid in my hand” photo.
And yes I wouldn't mind getting hitched (for the dress and the cake obviously) and witnessing the feeling of something growing inside you (so I could finally relate to Sigourney Weaver in Aliens) but alas it seems these things are out of reach.
So I guess the question is, what could we possibly do in the short term to provide some sort of satisfaction in light of failing to tick all the boxes on life's To Do List.
We'll just have to set ourselves other goals. Oh and they can't be too life changing- think conquering the next level of Angry Birds or figuring out how to actually fold a fitted sheet properly (apparently Martha Stewart is the master) because let's face it- there's no point wasting our time trying to find a cure for cancer or inventing the next best thing since facebook and making millions if the world is ending next year (or earlier) is there?
It seems now is the time for us all to live in the moment. Which is a bit stink for our age group because that's just what we do anyway, purely because we are procrastinating reality. It's not fair really. All those mid life crisis sufferers will be loving it.
Yep the impending end of the world means that killing time will no longer be considered a negative thing but instead a way of life. Soon everyone will have the twenty something mindset. Which means that you could find yourself stumbling into Mr Johnson who taught you sixth form social studies, queueing for BK at 3am on a Sunday morning. Actually the prospect of a world full of twenty somethings is almost as scary as the 'end' itself. Who would take care of all the boring bits?
I guess all we can do is keep on trucking along, being twenty somethings and maybe try to cut back on saying no as often as possible...particularly when it comes to anything that involves chocolate.
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