I Came Up With ‘Nothingness’ First


Um, You know. I just came across this AWESOME BLOG Linkabout philosophy and I clicked on the category of existentialism and the title kind of shocked me.

I have been writing on my blog about how I came to the conclusion that ‘I am nothing’. Ok, it might seem like I was just agreeing with the philosophical ramblings of Sartre but I have honestly never even heard of him.

I came up with ‘I am nothing’ because that’s what I feel like right now. All the things I used to describe myself have all been taken away.

I AM a mother – No, only on Sunday afternoons.

I AM a grad student- No, not anymore.

I AM a future relationship therapist- Nope. Gone

I AM a journalist- In my own way.

I AM a spoken word artist- well, not anymore.

I AM pretty- well, if I squint my eyes and hold my head to the right.

What AM I?

A server?

Am I my job?

Am I my relationship status?

Am I my emotional state?

Am I my mental condition?

Am I the role I play in my family?

What am I?

I don’t feel like anything.

I am nothing. And honestly, it’s quite freeing.

Ha ha! I came up with that myself, but I guess some guy named Sartre heard my thoughts and traveled to the past to write it down so he could be first!

The nerve of him!