Sid take a hike

I feel pretty cool. Mainly, because I know that I have options. I can do a lot of things, if I want to do a lot of things. Or not. It's all cool. There was a time when over-ambitious people completely freaked me out. Over-achievers, heck, ACHIEVERS, made me feel stupid and useless. But guess what? Most of those people were doing things that, I never wanted to do in the first place. I don't "get" math and I don't want to be a rocket scientist or whatever. So excuse me if I'm stupid, but it doesn't matter. I can add, subtract, divide and multiply. I'll live. And thank god for calculators.
I like literature. Now I don't know if I want to write a book or do some thesis or teach (no-not-that!) or do something totally different like a film or roadside graffiti or breeding poodles or whatever. The fact remains, I like literature, and the future can wait. I'm like an old computer. I'm slow and whimsical. And career counsellors and insignificant others can scare me all they want. But I'm in no rush.
I've read On the Road. A bible for us loafers and dreamers. And I watch Travel and Living. There's hope. There' s always hope. I'm not going to waste another ten years of my life trying win somebody's approval. It's boring, tiresome and leaves you a wreck.