I’m used to showering with the door open. Obviously, when I’m alone! I’m not THAT weird!
I do it because I want to feel like I’m outside. Like I’m showering… in the garden, say. And especially in Greece, it’s a shame to be cooped up in those four walls and not enjoy the sunshine, even if it’s just through a window or a balcony door.
Maybe if I had a bathtub with glass all around, I wouldn’t feel this need.
But then I wouldn’t be here. I’d be enjoying my millions!
This is a quirk I’ve picked up lately, and it got me thinking about how many times I’ve gone against the rules and the “shoulds” in my life. In fact, when I decided to share this weirdness with the world out there, I wrote as an intro that it was day 17,016 of refusing to follow social norms.
First off, yeah, up to the day I wrote it, I’d actually lived 17,015 days. Of course I didn’t calculate it myself.
What do we have AI for?
And second, my message reached more eyes than the others. Probably, I thought, there are quite a few out there who’d love to break some of their own chains. So I decided to talk a bit more about my whole philosophy on social “shoulds” and, basically, on life itself.
Because somewhere in my student years, I realized I wasn’t built for a normal life.
The moment I realized “normal” life isn’t for me
Up until I got into university, my life was pretty much like most people’s.
Kindergarten, elementary, middle school, high school, and then university entrance exams like clockwork. There was no other path. Up to that point, everything was mapped out.
The first detour I could’ve taken would’ve been if I didn’t get into university. Luckily for me, I got into polytechnic, so what I felt back then was just that I’d won another 5 years without having to find a job and learn to support myself. 🥳
Bless my parents!
Basically, I felt like my teenage years had gotten a life extension. But right there at polytechnic, the next four-step program would kick in:
- University
- Army
- Job
- Pension
And that’s when I first realized I wasn’t made for that path.
