Polojko's Blog! – Page 205 – "The only person you can't learn from is yourself"

No time

Upon my arrival in the US, I was working for a certain company, while failing to acquire a single friend. I started worrying about that, even considering that something is wrong with my social skills. Later, I realized why is that: people here work so much that they don’t have time for their immediate families, let alone friends.

Easy money

When I came to the US, I wished to continue my education. However, once I realized how much time and effort it would cost, and considering poor teachers’ salaries, I decided to dedicate myself to programming.

Smarter

While G.W.Bush was US president, most Americans could say one thing for sure: they were smarter than their president! That’s not such a small matter, considering.

Large boxes

Software being shipped in such large boxes is yet another proof of human materialistic nature.

Optical illusion

While young, we tend to think that life is endless and full of opportunities. It takes getting old to realize how big of an illusion that is.

Same difference

While living in Yugoslavia, the main problem was not having any money. Now, living in the US, my main problem is whether I’m going to have enough money. It feels the same.

Bad handwriting

As a student, I was keeping notes very diligently, especially in philosophy and psychology classes. The problem was that I couldn’t read them later, since a have very bad handwriting. It took me a long time to stop taking them.

Poetry

When I was younger, I was writing poetry (like all other sensitive souls on this planet). Needless to say, I wasn’t much of a poet. But, that wasn’t the reason I stopped writing poetry: the real reason is that I’ve realized that I wasn’t going to intentionally limit the room for my thoughts, by putting them into pre-defined forms.

Comics

When I was a kid, my biggest literary influences were comic books (those cheap ones: Marvel, superheroes, etc). I think that I even learned to read by reading those. And they say that comics are trivial!

Dawn

Seeing dawn from the right side, that’s living correctly. I was always filled with pleasure by going to sleep when other people are getting ready to go to work.