Things I think about while idling:
Expectations:
Wondering about the often, unreasonable expectation we all have, but when do expectations become reasonable and when are they just plain stupid. It may be best to take the old stoic Icelander approach and not have any at all. After all you can drop dead at any time, like when the next crack opens up in the ground and swallows you whole.
A guy I know just bought himself a fiancée from Russia. He submitted exact measurements (age 19, height 5.10” weight 118lbs, small breasts, certain shape nose etc.) and received almost the right girl. Her nose is a little too long (she will have to have surgery) and her hair needs to be bleached but other than that she is the right one. He is 30 years older and has had hair transplants and growth hormone injections so he is prepared, but will this little girl stay with him forever, and what happens if she grows older, or meets her peers? Unreasonable expectations may be at work here or perhaps not. After all we live in a world where “master of you fate” applies pretty much everywhere, we design our lifestyles to reflect who we are so why not design a mate, and if money can buy anything why not people?
Of course I have to wonder about the fiancée for sale, what are her expectations? Is it unreasonable to expect the man who paid for her to keep doing so and to care for her?
Daniel Boorstin says: never have people lived with such high expectations and never have people felt so disappointed.
Can I expect to find a fulfilling, well-paid job with a wonderful boss and great perks, probably not. Will I be disappointed if I don’t, probably. Life is filled with disappointments, I think I am getting better at this, practice makes perfect, but isn’t seeking perfection a futile pursuit, isn’t expecting disappointments unreasonable in itself?
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