Not a priority

Somehow, this whole activism thing is not a priority. Whatever it is that drives people to spend all their free time researching injustice and making noise about it, I don't seem to feel it. All I have is this muted sense that many things are wrong with the world and most people are either completely indifferent, ignorant (consider an emerging middle class, just now able to afford cars while we ask them not to consume so much) or simply malicious. Sure, I can justify myself by pointing to the stuff I already do for the world - I don't own a car, I recycle, I don't eat much meat, I write to my MP when someone asks me too and I Big Brother - but this doesn't justify the stuff that I do not do. I am not helping to lead a campaign for the environment, I am not fund raising for Haiti or Chile, I am not writing news articles in support of the fight against malaria or AIDS, nor am I educating myself on how to improve women's rights around the world.

This brings about an interesting thought. I need to compile a long list of things one might be an activist for. I invite you to put your own ideas into the comments (though I am perfectly aware that no one reads this but me).