Synopsis of Sisyphus Syndrome
Saturday, March 01, 2014
Picture Sisyphus happy, will you? You can't.
Let me tell you a tiny story: a man was born, went to school, got a job, got promoted, retired, and died. Do you respect him? You don’t even know him. That’s the problem: too short. Oscar Wilde said, "Details are vulgar." Maybe, but we love details! You can't sum up a person's life in one paragraph or a page, unless it's a tragic story of a stillborn. Even an underachiever has lots and lots to say.
Life by default(and in summation) is monotonous; we are part of a system that wants us to be born, learn, do the same shit, reproduce, age, and die. Unless you are Eminem or Rekha, because these demigods don't age.
Let me tell you a tiny story: a man was born, went to school, got a job, got promoted, retired, and died. Do you respect him? You don’t even know him. That’s the problem: too short. Oscar Wilde said, "Details are vulgar." Maybe, but we love details! You can't sum up a person's life in one paragraph or a page, unless it's a tragic story of a stillborn. Even an underachiever has lots and lots to say.
Life by default(and in summation) is monotonous; we are part of a system that wants us to be born, learn, do the same shit, reproduce, age, and die. Unless you are Eminem or Rekha, because these demigods don't age.
I think Sisyphus represents people who don’t have real aims in life. He chose that existence because all he cared about was “to live.” But living is different from having a life. Most people, like Sisyphus, just subsist - with no purpose beyond continuing. He chose that life, as all he cared about was 'to live'. Break free, have a drink with the Zeus(society), get a pink slip from him by telling him: I have my own balls, won't lug to yours anymore.
Btw, his boulder nonsense starts after his life was over, or meant to be over. So live your life till you have one. The real Sisyphus syndrome is ending up in a life you didn’t choose, like a job you hate, or routines you never questioned. Care about the Sisyphus syndrome when your death arrives, which may be inferred as getting a job that you don't like, but duty calls.
Don't make it mundane like Sisyphus; add details & drama to it. No one remembers "one time I got up at 7am, got ready, drove to work, and came back and slept." Make your day count. 9 to 5 isn't the problem; it's the gym; the question is, what are you training for? The point is not to achieve more, it's to live more between the chores.
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