So Many Questions

Have you ever noticed how some people never seem to have any limits and do whatever they want when they want, and some people are so reserved it is like pulling teeth to get them to loosen up enough to be enjoyable? I have never understood how some people can be so reserved while others can be the complete opposite. I mean I understand being a little shy at first and not always wanted to go out. As a matter of fact I’m not going out at all this weekend. One because I’m sick, two because I have so much work to do that it is burying me, and three I just plain don’t feel like it. But I don’t see that as being too reserved, just enough to have my priorities in line. Maybe that’s what it is. The people that are very reserved just know what they need to get done and they don’t want to waste their time going out? But that also seems to not be all the way true because it seems like everyone likes to have fun every once in a while. Or maybe their kind of fun is nothing like the fun the rest of the people I know. I really just have no idea. I just know that there are some people out there that would have so much fun if they would just loosen up a bit. Isn’t this the time in our lives when we are supposed to be living it up and having fun before the real world slaps us in the face! Although I feel like we are entering the real world already in a way. We get to be at college with no rules except for the ones we set for ourselves, we get to come and go as we please, and we don’t have to do anything we don’t want, except for homework, which some people skip out on anyway. For those people that understand they need to “work hard, play hard” as they say, does that make one of those people with no limits or does it make them someone that can balance out what they need to do in life and they understand how to put things in perspective. Sometimes I wonder if people put things in perspective, including myself. I know we know about the simple things in life, caring for our family and friends. But do we put some material things over others? Do you feel the world would come to an end if your cell phone had no service for more than a couple of hours? Sometimes I could care less if I had a phone but still had some contact with the people I care about. Other times I am like “are you serious?” when I can’t send a text message. It is something I ponder a lot. Is technology a good or bad thing? I mean sure it is wonderful in the ways of science, but what would the world be like if we didn’t have computers or the internet. Of course if we didn’t have those things we wouldn’t know any different. We would look things up in the library from actual books, and we would make a phone call (landline) or send a letter to someone just to say hello and see how everything is going. I have always thought I was born in the wrong time period. So does my dad. We feel we should have been born when the west was being settled and everyone rode horses everywhere and when you told someone something and shook there hand, you meant every word. Of course I do like the pleasures of indoor plumbing and being able to take a bath every day! Wow I have rambled on and I have no idea how I got here, but I guess that is how my brain wants to work tonight scattered! I guess I just wanted to say that we all need to take life in stride and make sure we have everything in perspective. What is important to you? How would you feel if there wasn’t internet or cell phones? Or have you ever even thought about it?!