I am finishing Kate Chopin's the Awakening and selected short fiction.. At the end of "The Awakening" all I could say was I don't blame for doing what she did.. I would not be able to survive living in that time period, the days of limited freedom for women, those days’ people live their lives according the script society created, and it saddens my that people still live that way now (more power to them).Not being able to be my authentic self would feel like drowning without dying, or being stuck in an elevator with one other person.
The idea of going to work around the same time everyday and doing the same thing at work everyday is difficult for me to handle, so i cannot fathom living my life on 24/7 schedule, especially a schedule dictated by social norms, one that does not leave room for me, one that assumes that I want my life to revolve around other's expectation, especially those expectation that differs from mine.
I find it funny and annoying when people live messages on my phone telling me they called and stating the reason i missed their call, most time I go days before return those calls because frankly the people that do that do not care to know me and they should not be call me.If i have to do something with someone or for someone, i like to make solid plans because most people are not reliable or spontaneous and too many variables are to be considered when others are involved.
My favorite days are the ones in which i have nothing planned, they are my full of possibilities days,during those days i wake up feeling like I could do anything or nothing all day, those are the days that makes life exciting and worth living.. Those are the days that remind me that I have the freedom to be me.
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