I was talking to a friend 2 days ago about the end of the world. She had just got done watching the Nostradamus special on The History Channel (I think), and we were talking about how the world is going to allegedly end in 2012. Which for the math genius' is only 3 years away, and will be the year of my 10 year highs chool reunion. Said friend of mine is pregnant with her 2nd child, and I asked her if she would be ok with it if the world ended in 2012. She said no on account of not wanting to watch her children die. So it got me thinking about how I would feel if the world ended.

I suppose there are just loads of people out there who would be terrified at the end of the world. Terrified to die, to lose their families and the world as it is known to us now.

I however am not one of those people. I sat on this one for a long time and really thought it out and I honestly, think I would be ok if the world ended now. Granted a lot can happen in 3 years, but lets just say for writing sake that everything is the same in my life now as it will be in 2012. I have accomplished everything in my life that I KNOW I want. I lived abroad, I graduated college, I own my own home, I have a career, I have a dog, I'm successful, and I have loved and been loved. Through my 24 years of life, my definition of the things that I have wanted, has changed. And while I sit here today struggling with the thoughts of a family, I've realized that I'm still unsure about a husband and kids. And because its not something I have my heart set on, I don't feel like I would be missing out on those things if life ceased to exist.

And then I thought...how many people in this life could say the same. How many people out there could honestly say, that they would be totally ok with the end of the world. I base this solely on my life, goals and the things that I think make a life well spent. Obviously this is open to interpretation. Sure, I would love to make more money. Sure, I'd love to travel a whole lot more. Sure, there are a few things I'd like to do before I die. But the big important stuff in my life I've done it all.  Maybe I personally just set my bar pretty low and didn't have huge expectations and goals but is that so bad? Maybe having MS has brought me back to earth and made me realize that some of the most important things in life are the "smallest".

Now all of this pretty much depends on the world literally ending. The death of every life form on the planet, essentially the death of the planet. If life as we know it ends, that's a different story. And if that is case, I'm totally up for it. I really think life was much simpler and more enriching when we were all pioneers. Could I live a life without my car? Internet? Hell, without electricity? I would choose that life. I would give up all modern medicine and conveniences to live a life where you main task is to keep living. We're so distracted with all of "extras" in life, I think it would it would do our society good to go back to a simpler way. People would stress a lot less about jobs, because people didn't really have jobs then like we do now. Their job was to stay alive. The internet and all of the bad habits its taught us would be gone. Cell phones gone. All things that I use on a daily basis and love, but would love even more to give up.

I'm not some crazy granola hippy who is going to go live off the grid or anything, but I just think that we are making life too complex. Too complicated. Too on demand. Too fast. We want it all RIGHT THIS INSTANT. Imagine what it would be like if we had to actually work for something, like real work. You're cold, go cut down a tree chop the wood and build a fire. You're hungry go kill a deer, clean it, and cook it over your fire. Maybe I'm crazy, but I think it would serve us all good to have to actually fend for ourselves for once.