Just a little question for my F-list... *evil grin*

[matilda36]

Right, it looks as if all the members of my family have survived the trip.

For this a big thank you goes to the Chianti, that in large quantity (for me 4 glasses is a large quantity) has helped me to survive the very cheerful return journey, in which I made the mistake to ask a theoretical question to have a conversation that doesn't start with "I spot a thing starting with..."

The question was: If you were a person  having the chance to start it all over in life, being able to pick place to live, employment, relationships etc. and wanting to live this life according to a strong sense of morality ( for morality I do not mean chastity and similar bullshit, I mean ethical handling of money, environment, social interactions, relationships etc.) where would you start?

This simple question started a bit of a family war, so I thought i'll turn it over to my f-list and see how you would answer...

*evil grin*

 

Comments

[crowgirl13.livejournal.com]

I think I need more clarification. Where would I start *what*? Changing things? Are you asking what the ideal life looks like?

*flails* Help!

[and congrats on surviving...;)]

[matilda36.livejournal.com]

*evil snicker*

Let's put in this way. You are given the chance to change your life for the better. You are a bit of a dreamer and you want to make changes in your life that can cimprove life for everybody.

What is the first thing you would do?

[herbmcsidhe.livejournal.com]

Be born to different parents.

[matilda36.livejournal.com]

Interesting choice. I thought about it myself, but wouldn't change your parents change who you are at a molecular level, making you a person that is so different from you that you would loose your identity?

[crowgirl13.livejournal.com]

You're asking for AU me? Well, I've gotlots of possibilities...

-going to a Catholic High School
-follow my dream of doing FX make-up for film and going to UCLA
-finishing college in four years, then doing grad school, so that I'm doing something else *entirely* now
-spending a summer touring with the Dead
-spending my summers, from 22 on, on the road selling my art

Er, there's a lot more, but they are seem to be about career choices and school. Well, there's the move to Ireland thing..

Is that what you meant?

[matilda36.livejournal.com]

Yes. I found very interesting how different the choices have been from those of my family.

*smiles*

I think I am more in tune with my f-list than with my family...

[japewierd.livejournal.com]

I'd move to Cornwall or southwest Ireland. I'd learn a craft (pottery/glass blowing/etc) and run a small shop. I'd buy local produce that didn't come with lots of packaging. I'd sit on a rock watching the sea. I'd install solar panels. I'd switch to a renewable energy source for the rest of my needs.

As for the relationship part... umm... maybe if I met someone special, someone who works on the land or the sea. Someone free from jealousy. A simple soul with an intelligent mind then maybe, who knows ;)

But where would I start - by switching off the lights when I walk out of the room, and the computer when I leave it, by turning down the central heating, and recycling more things.

And by smiling at people when I pass them.