Head shaking design: The human existence!!! I’m ever surprised at the constructs, rules, systems, ideas and doctrines by which we create and live our precious time on this planet.

Just considering even one small system, say “the work force”, we may find it looked good to generations before and is presented to us as achieving the "American Dream”. One could be inspired to buy into that example as it is enticing to get ahead and be prepared for the future. But at what cost?

In the U.S., what I actually see as the example is people who are in debt, overweight, stressed, on medications, declining in health, hate Mondays, only get a few weeks of “vacation” from their lives to do what they really want to do and then spend the rest of the year earning money to pay for it. Most have little priority on healthy food or physical activity, or spending time with the people they love the most. Most people have no idea what they really like to do or are good at as they spend all their time doing what they feel they have to do. Most have jobs they would not do unless they got paid to do it, and once they are in those money making positions, have little courage to step out and make changes that inspire them or make them feel alive!

I was “taken in” once by the “good life”, jetting around the world, spending weekends in condos or country houses, driving fast cars and going to fancy restaurants. It takes a lot of dedication to maintain that kind of a lifestyle supported by the money game. With it comes paperwork, taxes, titles, permits, record keeping, and an infrastructure to support all of those realities. It’s so “normal” that most people don’t question it, though it is neither life giving or sustainable.

I can say I have no regrets, as I see it simply as an experience and an opportunity for contrast and awareness.

I believe this is only one facet of the head shaking existence man has constructed for himself. Our present systems of education, medicine, parenting, food production, housing, law and more are all designs I believe need to be reconstructed.

Thank you @kus-knee for raising the questions and giving us an opportunity to consider the maintenance and the manifestation of our decisions.