Just another commitment song

Is it already that time again? The year has flown by, bringing with it reflection and pondering: what went well, what didn't, what will I commit to for this year?

Like a broken record, I repeat the same spiel: I'll strive towards my dreams! I'll achieve them! But, I look back at the almost same words from yonder year, and see that progress has been minimal, at best.

Oh, there has been change, and positive one at that: but, in regards to my gaming ambitions, or my desires of mantaining a regular blog...well, there's a lot to be desired.

My sister made an interesting point recently: she's going to stop stressing about having to mantain her passions, of being as good as x personage, and instead focus on drawing for fun, if and when she desires -which, I'm surmising will mean a lot less drawing, considering how busy life is. Or, maybe it'll mean more, but for the sake of this post, let's assume less.

There's a lot to be said about such an approach: stress leads to unhappiness and a shorter life, so why do something we love too much, if it's having the opposite effect? As the great Freddie Mercury once vocalised: "Too much love will kill you".

So, I say fair enough, and to each their own.

Me, however, I keep having the same conviction. That it is only through striving and pushing that we can truly shine and give our best: I believe that it is the duty of every singular human to keep reaching for that goal, that dream, that something, so that collectively humanity can in turn reach for a future where we're not exctinct before our wild sci-fi fantasies can be realised.

Will this striving shorten my life? Possibly. Or, possibly it'll prolong it, as I keep pushing for that impossible dream.

Now that, both the song and the goal, I like the sound of. And I shall keep listening to this kind of thinking, and one day -hopefully sooner rather than later!- that dream will not be so impossible after all.

Your relentless dreamer,

Stefano Ronchi