Triviality and a pendulum

Something I realized is that every time I come up with some kind of idea of something, usually within a couple days, or weeks or whatever, I come up with something else that negates that very idea.

I suppose that it has to do with the idea that humans (to me) are like pendulums. They swing back and forth between the idea of who they are and who they don't want to be. Some people fluctuate a lot, like most children, teenagers and me, and then there are those who don't, like adults and responsible people. The pendulum idea could work for anything, I think - ideas, people's beliefs, daily habits, state of mind, etc. (e.g. the whole idea that people go through cycles of depression and happiness).

At any rate, lately, I've just been really critical of America. It's reverse culture shock, but I still can't help feeling that there are so many things that are just wrong here. I suppose I should just accept it, but it's hard to do when you see it. It's funny though because I don't see a way to fix it and I can't think of any solutions. Basically I feel like I'm pointing out a problem to which there is no easy solution. I suppose I could think about it and try to take into account all the factors, but in the end, it comes down to the way people think and that's something that won't change very easily, especially when one wants to try to affect change in society. It took 50 years for Britain to do anything about Ireland after Jonathan Swift wrote A Modest Proposal. It makes me think that even if people complain or point things out, bring about awareness, things won't change. I suppose one could still try.

So. Triviality. I think our generation, and perhaps it's more prevalent in the younger generations is the fact that everything is trivialized or over-simplified. We don't think of the hardship or difficulty in things. When things become difficult or when we have to work hard, it is something that doesn't come as easily. That's why I feel like we see so many unmotivated students and kids. Why, when we have free time, we do nothing or "waste" time. People haven't found that balance and I don't think we realize that things are hard, things take work and that we need to slow down and balance the time between what we need to be doing and what we need to do to relax. Eh, it's kind of half-baked right now though (this thought). I suppose what I'm getting at though, is that I think it's problematic that some things are made to seem so simple or that someone's efforts are brushed away with "oh that's easy" or simply by being able to see how something is done, people think they can do it. It isn't that easy and to get good at something takes time.

Man, it's something that I'm having difficulty with though. I really can't sit at a desk all day. X.x Today was such a useless day.