I am going to be making some big changes in my life soon.
The here is going to stay the same, at least for the moment. I’m still in love with Melbourne and the people who inhabit it. The who (me me me me) isn’t going to change in any fundamental way. The how is definitely up for grabs, but the how is never the real point, is it?* Why, that familiar refrain, is way outside the philosophical limits of this blog.
It’s the what, really, that is occupying me at the moment.
What I do immediately after waking up in the morning.
What I think about during the day.
What I do with my hands and my brain.
What fulfills me and what makes me happy in my life.
It just occurred to me that the series of ch-ch-changes to come are well summarised, like most things in life, I find, by some Ani Difranco lyrics:
what what what what what do you want from this lifetime?
how how how how how does your story line flow?
when when when when when you finally get to the punch line
where where where where where will the applause sign go?
And maybe that, right there, is the why.
I don’t think I understood what she was getting at in those lines until right now when the lyrics popped into my head. But this is exactly where it’s at for me at the moment.
It’s all about 2010 here at The Periphery, folks. Let me tell you.
* OK, the how is a bit of a bamboozler. In truth, the how is probably the biggest stumbling block. But it’s not productive to focus on those right now, is it?
