Temporary

If one works under the correct assumption that all things, except perhaps death, are impermanent, then one, generally speaking, seeks to increase the positive, but still impermanent experiences, while decreasing the negative, but also impermanent experiences. Given, however, society's seemingly entire structure as one in which the latter are a large percentage of one's life, to be pursued only to enjoy a tiny sliver of the former, then one has to surmise that, if placed on a scale, life would largely be a series of impermanent negative experiences leading to a conclusion (death) that is so immaterial that it has neither positive or negative reality, thus rendering such questions as; "is suffering a permanent state during the impermanent state of life, and if so, why must we fear death so?" The answer, of course, is never-ending.

Distractions

It is commonly stated that certain activities, namely such things as TV, or video games, are distractions that prevent one from pursuing their true dreams, and that too much time spent with them can prevent a certain commitment towards furthering oneself along a path that one would most aspire to. Given, however, the reality of pursuing dreams ultimately leading to a sort of existential despair and hopelessness - what with the largely futile nature of dreams - one wonders if, perhaps, these distractions are not preventing one from pursuing their dreams, but are merely preventing one from accepting that said dreams are toast. In which case, by living vicariously through said creations, we merely substitute existential despair with existential longing. Neither, of course, is enjoyable.

Do (Not) Meet Your Heroes

If, as is commonly adjudicated, meeting one's heroes primarily results in disappointment, most readily displayed by said heroes' poor personality, politeness, understanding, or lack of all three, one must come to one of two conclusions, either:

A) Most "heroes" are disappointing as people
B) Most everyone is disappointing

The latter suggests a sort of universal misanthropy that the present author strives to avoid, but the former is, insidiously, almost as cynical, as it suggests that we continually propel those to stardom the least deserving of it.

Disappoint

If, as correctly assumed, the natural state of the present author is one in which disappointment is elicited such that acquaintances and family are frequently let down, it stands to reason that, while having no social network or friendships may be damaging, it also prevents a propensity of disappointment that would be demonstrated regularly by such friendships. That is to say, you can only disappoint so many people, when you only know so many people to disappoint.

Time Off

One would think that, given a significantly longer time between posts than usual, the present author would have a particularly significant, creative, and evocative post, what with all the time the present author had to cogitate on one. Alas, such is not the case; indeed, such time away only serves to hasten the existential angst the present author has, by way of displaying an inability to stick to the most basic and unassuming of tasks - writing a short, poorly conceived blog post, with no redeeming value, and little narrative purpose.