Where did the last bloody month go? It's as if someone turned up the dial on my life ahead a few notches. I don't want my final year of high school to be over this quickly! I know how odd that sounds, but just think, after you leave high school, what happens? You either A: go to college, or B: go to work. In either case, you need money. Money for...what? Living expenses, recreational activities, forms of transportation, relationships (sometimes, I'm making an extreme generalization here), and other items based on need and the current situation. No matter the case, the fact remains that money drives your life. Let's take path A for a moment. You go to college, rack up a bunch of debt, stay in college to get a better job to pay off that debt, need a place to live/vehicle to drive/food to eat, etc., and so, you must continue working. You work and work and work until your debt is paid off, and then you need money to live off of after you retire. And then when that runs out, you go on state run programs (see what I did there? region-neutral. owned.), until you die. And then your surviving relatives must pay to have you buried (unless you're dumped unceremoniously in a ditch somewhere).

There are obviously different circumstances depending on your choice of career (i.e. soldier, government official, scientist, etc.), but the fact remains that we are motivated by money. Money is a factor in every situation, but there's nothing we can do to stop it. And it frightens me. I can only hope that someone comes up with a solution in our lifetime.

"And so, we move on, as the seasons grow old, as people change, towards the inevitable conclusion of our lives."

~Lego out. Version 3.