For one, I would not be
staring at a computer screen!
Questions often lead to
other questions. The titular question makes me ask:
Q: Why are you not
free to do what you really want to do? What is stopping you?
And when you ask that
question, you realize, that in the here-and-now, you are actually
doing absolutely what you want to do!
The answer is much
different if you ask this question:
Q: If you had all
the financial resources at your finger tips, to enable you to do
whatever you wanted to do, what would you do?
Still struggling to
answer?
Of course, if you had
money, you would give up those duties you do essentially just to make
money (unless you absolutely love doing those things). You would give up working for money. But all this, “I would
buy this and that”, you realize that, if acquiring possessions is
your only vision for the future, you will never be happy, because you
will never have enough money, there will always be the next thing.
Q: So you've given
up work, what next? What's going to fill the emptiness left behind by
no longer having a purpose?
Really, you need to
have a good hard think...
Q: What would I do?
Firstly, I'd go a visit
my wife who's many thousands of miles away in another country. Sort
out the visa process and bring her home with me. And we'd enjoy
living a simple life together.
Then, I'd do what's
always seemed like a dream. I'd buy myself a house (not crazy big,
just sensible) with a double garage, and my hobby/work would be
restoring cars. Ideally, I would work on restoring Lotus cars. Who
knows, if I was any good, it might make me a little money too (not
that I'd need it, not that money is the purpose). Live a simple life.
Go on fantastic road trips.
Then, I've always
fancied teaching in some way. I would like to gain more knowledge of
'Alan Watts' and teach young people stuff I wish I'd known when I was
young. I would happily teach mathematics, physics, chemistry,
philosophy, English (to people who English is not their first language).
And maybe I would learn
some languages too. My wife's native tongue first, then take it from
there.
Of course, I would keep
fit. Go running perhaps every day. Eat well. Drink well. Die well.
Image: If you really want do do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.
