While watching Survivors (British TV-series about a group of people who survive a virus which kills most of mankind) I thought about how I’d manage in a world like that. A world without all the conveniences we are used to. I quickly realized I wouldn’t do too well because none of my talents are useful when it comes to survival. I know nothing about growing food. Hell, I can’t even cook it! When it comes to building things I’m pretty clueless as well unless you count the fact that I can build small pretty tables, but I really don’t see how that would be useful. I can’t handle mechanics either. I know nothing of how they work and don’t even know how to change a tire. Actually I don’t even know how to drive a car. I’ll just have to hope there won’t be a disaster killing most of the world’s population, leaving me to fend for myself since I wouldn’t do well at all.

It’s weird to think that we know so much about so many things but because of all our technology we’ve forgotten some of the most basic things. Just think about what would happen if we took away all grocery stores. We’d starve because we don’t know how to grow or hunt our food. Or take away all stores selling clothes. Even if some of us knows how to sew there aren’t many who can make the fabrics or the thread.

If there ever was a disaster ending world as we know it people like me – like us – wouldn’t be the one who survived. Tribes in Africa living in huts would stand a greater chance because they already live without technology.

Anyway, moving on to something entirely different, you might wonder why I haven’t blogged in ten days. Actually the reason to that is pretty simple. I just haven’t felt like it. Uninspiration (yeah I know that’s not a real word) stopped by to say hello, killing my muse. She’s back now though, I think. We’ll just have to wait and see.

Plugs: Rachel-Rebecka, Stacey, Jenny, Citrine, Joy, Deanna

I shouldn’t complain so much. My life is good and I’m not really poor. By Swedish standards I kinda am but not compared to the poor people in the rest of the world. I’m just a spoiled western European woman who’ve always had it all. By having it all I mean a house to live in, food on my plate, clothes, running water, electricity plus all the modern things we don’t really need but take for granted. I shouldn’t complain so much and neither should you because if you’re reading this you have access to a computer and internet and with that obviously electricity which means you most likely also have it all.

So many people in the world live so much harder lives than you and me. So many doesn’t have a home of their own or food on their plates. We should think about that more often and feel lucky, because we are. I need to think about that more often.

Not only do I have the material things. I also have a loving family and the chance to get an education. I’m blessed. In so many ways.

Plugs: tiff k, Wattle, Stepherz, melle, Alyssa, Ashley, Tiffany, Karin, Deanna, Shar