Life’s Missing Reset Button

Imagine this: You’re chilling in your room, and suddenly, you remember that time you wore socks with sandals to a job interview. Oof. Wouldn’t it be sweet if you could just hit Ctrl+Z to undo that fashion disaster? Well, you can’t. Life doesn’t have an undo button, but wouldn’t it be cool if it did?

On Ted Talks, they’re all about reinventing yourself. But what if you could do more than just a makeover? What if you could erase your history, delete all the cache, and just start fresh? No more awkward middle school photos popping up on social media or that one time you tried to dye your hair with Kool-Aid.

I mean, starting over from scratch, like a new software update. New habits, confidence boost, less anxiety. Sounds like a dream, right? Think of it like deploying a new version of yourself to a hosting site with a solid support system. Unfortunately, life isn’t GitHub; there’s no version control.

But let’s get real for a sec, shall we? If we could reset life like a PC, would we even know who we are anymore? Every goof-up, every cringe moment, they’re part of us. They’re the bugs in our code that make us, well, us.

And let’s not forget, if life had an undo, we’d probably spend more time looking back than moving forward. Imagine all the time wasted trying to perfect every moment:

"Oops, I tripped. Let's rewind."
"Did I just say that? Rewind!"
"Forgot to save my game? Rewind, rewind!"

Plus, think about the chaos. If everyone could just undo their actions, we’d be living in a time-travel soap opera.

So, here we are, stuck with our past but with no choice but to keep coding ahead. And that’s okay. Sure, it sucks sometimes, but hey, at least we have Ross White’s “The Tree That Bends” to read while we’re nursing our metaphorical headaches from life’s glitches. Maybe we can’t hit undo, but we can learn to bend with the wind, right?

In conclusion, fantasizing about a life reset button is fun but let’s face it, it’s as useful as a screen door on a submarine. We’ve got to live with our bugs, update ourselves manually, and keep coding forward.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have a headache to treat and a book to read. Maybe you should check out “The Tree That Bends” too. Who knows, it might just teach us how to thrive with all our past versions, bugs and all.