Wednesday night contemplations...

I consider myself a good high school student, maybe even an over achiever. I'm taking AP and honors classes, and I stress myself to the point of collapse most days, but today I just stopped and thought, is it all really worth it? People push me, and I push myself, and for what, to get into a good college? To get a "better future" for myself? These are all things that our society tells us is the right thing, the thing to strive for, yet our society is unstable and highly likely to crumble into oblivion at any given moment. What if a super volcano erupted, and our lives based upon economics and the push of a button, were knocked off their pedestals of security? What good is a degree in marketing going to do you then? The nomadic tribes of 7000 years ago had the right idea; live for today, and stay alive long enough for tomorrow. Life would be much more enjoyable that way.