Sometimes I feel like I'm an actress playing a part in a play that I didn't try out for. Actresses in plays have scripted lines, stage directions, and cues. They have very little control over how they play their characters, which were written by the playwright and are instructed by the directors.
Life in general is too controlling. To survive, we need jobs, requiring us to wake up at certain times, be at a building at a set time after driving within certain speed perimeters, finish particular tasks, and take care of work obligations.
At an errand run on the way home from work, we must pay tax in addition to our purchase.
When we get home, we have to pay bills, complete chores, and take care of our family's needs.
In a relationship, we're required to be faithful and compromise even when doing so may go against what we want or need.
We must do all of this regardless of how we're feeling on a particular day, how late we stayed up the night before, and how much we loathe the tasks we're required to perform. If we don't, we could lose our jobs, go to jail, become single, or land on the TV show Hoarders.
Our lives are filled with "must dos" and "have tos" and "honey dos". While I agree with some of the rules - mainly the ones that if you broke would land you in jail - if you think about it, our lives sometimes down to the smallest detail is controlled and scripted. And that's no way to live.
A college friend once told me that if he had his way, he'd be able to "eat, sleep, and screw" whenever he wanted to. Think about this. You get to the 3 p.m. slump at work and desperately wish for a nap, so guess what? You can sleep. You just passed the "next rest stop 52 miles" sign on the turnpike when you hear your stomache growl, so guess what? You can eat. And you get an urge to... you know. So you get some. How awesome would that be?
They're the basic needs of a human being - eating, sleeping, and reproducing. So why shouldn't we be able to do them more often, and when we want to? Apparently it's called being an adult, which is so not what I signed up for on my 18th birthday.
In Lichtenstein, everyone would be required to visit a remote part of my country for at least a day twice a year either solo or with a group. This place is called "Spontaneousville" with the tagline much like Vegas: "What happens in Spontaneousville never actually happened."
It will be a place where you will be free to do whatever is in your heart to do. Before you arrive, you have the option to submit a form where you will outline what it is you would like to do so those who run the place can be sure to have it on hand. If you don't choose to fill out the form, you could just take advantage of all the games, toys, and activities will will have readily available. If you're tired, take a nap. If you're hungry, eat. The only rules would be not to break any legal rules, like killing or stealing.
Every adult needs to be able to get away and just let loose for awhile and here they'll be able to do it in a safe and fun manner. Some aspects of life could be much more bearable if you're not directed toward what to do all the time.
Now if you'll excuse me, I feel like eating some peanut butter out of the jar and drinking milk out of the carton.
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