personia

There is this person who works as a business analyst from 8 – 6. They are good at their job, being well-respected in their field by colleagues and associates. This person goes home each evening ‘finishing’ off the day’s work and ‘preparing’ for tomorrow’s work. The person’s son asks a small question regarding coming to their tennis game one evening and the business analyst replies with busyness. Days later, they ask themselves why they do not have time. Another person is out of work, spending their time playing intense-strategy games. The majority of their day is spent with games, and occasionally being TV seasons and films – and once every few weeks, they have LAN Parties for days on end. Their younger sibling asks the gamer why they will not do anything ambitious and the person responds with a lack of time. Later, this person wonders why they lack time to do anything not remembering what they said to their sibling. Time is their reason for the lack of ambitions and difference in their life. To these people, time is a ‘thing’ that prevents them from doing anything.

The business analyst does not have more time than the gamer. Both people have equal exposure to the day and night. Over an extensive period of time, they ...

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This person enters a store. It can be any store, nevertheless, they are there to get some important things – so they say. It can be food, toys, accessories or “emergency items”. They complete their purchase and go home. At home, this person has a lot of things around. The majority of what they own doesn’t get used. They don’t want to throw away the unused items situated around their house. They feel the need because what-if it, being whatever the item is, may be needed some day – “who knows“. Though they claim the importance of the items, it isn’t often on their mind. This person continues their daily life without a thought of the unused items, such as toys or accessories, and even the ones they have recently purchased; only focusing on the items they purchase that get used. They find it covenient to settle the worries on their mind that would have prevailed if they had not purchased things they” might need”. Worries about what could occur if they never purchased the item; all the things that ...

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It’s been a wonderful journey writing these papers this year. Placing my thought in writing has also been a learning experience – discovering different methods of telling the same message. Your feedback has been immensely appreciated.

I’d like to thank Trystan Taylor who first suggested a concept similar to publishing these papers the way I now do – online and at physical locations. If he didn’t suggest it to me, I may’ve not stumbled upon this way of publishing. Thank you,Craig Winter, for giving me the opportunity to publish my writing at physical locations and distributing them; also to the team for placing it at the locations. Thanks, C.Winter’s friend, for taking your time to print the papers and reading them; they wouldn’t exist at the location without your effort. Thanks, Rhys Evans, who saw vision when I first presented him my debut paper (Individualism and Otherism) in its original form – a speech. Thank you, readers! Without you, I wouldn’t have a reason to write.

Thinking over my year and my writing has led the thought of what I’ve done with my time. I’ll never get

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People wish a festive season each Christmas through cards, words and gestures – “Merry Christmas”. Business’ also do the same through their marketing channels, in addition to their drastic sales. The words wished by people mean joy, togetherness and peace amongst one-another. It is the special time of the year to be with close family and friends. Yet, realistically, the meaning intended through the words are not the first thoughts that appear in people minds when they think of Christmas.

Christmas, realistically, means the time to spend financially and materialistically for those close to one-another though not necessarily desiring to for each family and friend. Parents become overwhelmed with the money they’re obliged to spend, siblings will hesitantly consider spending for their parents and each other, and also very close friends who mean the world to each other will harbour the will to spend for that one time of the year.

Clearly, this is completely contrary to the ‘meaning’ of Christmas. The time for joy, togetherness and peace.

There was a period, a time before, that ...

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