Hi MissBenthos,
In an ideal world, yes, ahuh, I get where you’re coming from. I’m probably a skeptical person so I have doubts as to whether everyone (some, Yes, but everyone?) would necessarily be that motivated to help each other out without some sort of very obvious incentive.
I feel it might be easier to find help for some tasks but for unpleasant or demanding tasks, such as, managing waste disposal, it might be difficult if there was no obvious incentive. Having said that though, I would be happy to have my cynicism proven wrong 🙂
I suppose this hypothetical world hasn’t, to the best of my knowledge, existed before so it may or may not work. I feel we can only speculate at this point. I suppose a while ago, we bartered (but that’s still a “transaction”) so societies do change...
I feel there’s nothing wrong with having different or controversial ideas. It’s often a good thing, because it says you’re thinking for yourself (or as much as one can anyway).
I think it’s okay if that’s what you truly believe. Perhaps if you come up with concrete ways to encourage people to help each other out from goodwill, you might start feeling your life has more meaning?
I’ve heard of something called the “kindness project” (or maybe it’s called something else) where people do a good deed for a stranger and leave them an anonymous card to “pay it (kindness) forward” by performing a kind act for another random stranger...and so it continues. It’s a little kitschy and overly sentimental, in a way, but sometimes simple ideas like that can create change in small ways.
I realise that’s probably not what you meant, and I’m not saying you need to do something similar , but what I’m trying to say is there are ways around things with some lateral thinking.
I know you mentioned how your fluctuating levels of motivation is an issue. Maybe on your more motivated days, aside from doing more, you could come up with short lists of tasks for your more despondent days. So on your down days, maybe you could commit to those lists almost as they were a “chore.”The idea is to keep the momentum going both on your motivate days and also even on your “down” days.
As always, my suggestions and thoughts are simply that. I’m a huge believer in suggesting and not insisting so if none of my ideas really apply, no need to take any of it on board...
As an aside, I really get something out of these conversations with you. I think you have an interesting take on things, which I appreciate 🙂
