I’ve been asked twice in the past month what impact I want to leave on the world. My answer was that I don’t. I want to impact myself and then die. The first person who asked me this looked shocked at my response. The second person said I sound defeated, deflated and like I just accepted my fate. Huh? Does not caring about leaving a huge impact on the world mean that I’m lazy and doomed for misery? What if I just want a simple life? And if that is my fate, so what? What’s wrong with accepting your fate if you believe it’s your fate?
This week I was talking to a friend of mine and we started talking about death. I said I wouldn’t want to live forever. She said, “Really? Why?” as if what I said equated to being suicidal. Why would I want to live forever? Firstly, it’s impossible and secondly, I don’t think life would be enjoyable after 90 or so years old. At that age I probably wouldn’t be able to dress myself, walk or go to the bathroom alone.
I always do what I think is right. I donate to charities, help disabled people cross the street, recycle etc. I have goals, but impacting the world in a major way one isn’t one of them. I plan to live a life that is pleasing to me and let people say whatever they want about me when I’m dead. I feel the way I do because I found that being more content with life as it is makes me happier. Have I done everything I want to do? No. Do I have everything I want? No. Am I unhappy because I haven’t done and gotten these things yet? No.
Nowadays there’s something wrong with being “basic”. Having a job, earning a paycheck and carrying your ass home is for lames. I feel like everyone wants to be the next Puffy, Mark Zuckerberg or Oprah Winfrey. That’s fine, have your ambitions and pursue your dreams. My dream is to take as many walks through as many parks in as many cities of the world as possible. Get married, have a child, spend the majority of my free time with my family, listen to music, maybe skydive, laugh, drink (a lot of) wine, eat stew peas, learn, make new friends, go new places and then die in peace when my time is up. Does that make me an underachiever? Is that too simple to qualify as a dream?
Kisses,
Adia Kamaria
Adia Kamaria 
NO, that makes you AMAZINGGGGG! LIVE.LOVE.LAUGH xoxoxox kisses
I agree!
Somebody once told me that the sooner you realize that you can’t please everyone in life, then the happier you will be. … it made so much sense to me. … you can’t live your life for anyone else but yourself. … people interject their opinions and thoughts as if they are to walk in your shoes, but no one will ever fit your shoes better than you! Right? I hope that makes sense lol
I thought this was a really excellent piece. I was having a conversation with my sister about this yesterday. I have retired from work recently but I adopted a simpler way of life a few years ago. The constant push to do more or be more is relentless in today’s society. I feel so much more content because I have released this stuff and feel free to enjoy my life without judgement.