What Did We Grow Up For?

Why live? What exactly did we grow up for? I have been having some nice conversations with several of my close friends. We grew up in hopes of finding a good job after college right? Or going to a trade school and land a good job at a reputable company. We grew up hoping we'd make enough money to buy things we want and have a family right? 

Did you guys know in the 60's...a man could work a full time job and be able to pay for a house and provide for his family. Nowadays, you need two full time workers to just manage to scrape by to afford a house, car, and start a family. But the downfall is you don't have anyone to take care of the kids or the mother stays home but doesn't get paid for being away from work. 

In this era and world, trying to attempt a normal life is causing people to be pushed to the edge of a cliff. In the good old days, the man would work a full time job and come home and have time to play with his children, hold conversations with his wife but nowadays that parents spend less than an hour with their kids after a work day.

Jobs nowadays don't pay enough for entry level work and they expect you to do so much work or they want someone with several years of experience. It seems that it doesn't matter what respectable school you graduated from, how many awards and clubs you were in, or what experience you already have is nonexistence if you don't agree with their terms. That's reality. If you don't know someone, or if they don't want to spend too much money on hiring you when they could just hire a temp for a quick solution- they wouldn't think twice which is more favorable for them. 

Life. Other than searching for your purpose in life, working till you collapse, dealing with deadlines, maintaining your lifestyle, trying your best to pay off school debts, car loans, bills, earning as much money as you can to fulfill your materialistic wants, what else is there? Remember that everything I have just mentioned would probably just bring frowns upon people's faces. They would probably answer: 'that is my purpose in life!' Is it? Are you guys really happy with all those burdens?

Being in jobs you're stuck in that you hate and love at the same time, you probably hate your boss, gossip, and complain about every little thing in the office but it gets you that nice paycheck right? Or settle for job that was never what you went to school for, work until you collapse, getting paid so low that it's an insult to yourself. Or working an insane amount of hours to the point where you have work/life balance? Where work consumes everything? Are you truly happy? Was this what you grew up for? 

Where is the balance in your life? Isn't that what everyone is so big on right now? Balance between work and personal life, physical health and mental health, enjoy life, and so forth. Did we grow up to step into this?

Are you happy with where you are? Sometimes its good to do some meditating and try to find your center and ask yourself if this is really want you want to do. You could always be doing something that makes you happier. The question is if you're willing to.