About a week or so ago I was having breakfast with a friend (incidentally, at a fine establishment called Chianti which is on the east end of the Adelaide CBD). The occasion was enjoyable, and it has started a chain reaction of thoughts which bring me to this fixation.

I am [still] studying Law at Adelaide Uni. This is the way things have been for almost four years now. However, this semester has been the most unrewarding one in terms of the quality of the coursework and the [lack of] stimulation in the material. It has taken what seems like an æon to get here, just one week away from the end of semester. But still, I’m excited about the potential to which this time of life alludes.

That’s also why this fixation is entitled “voltage”. You see, voltage is a difference in potential between two points. A volt is a measurement of energy – if you apply that potential difference to an appropriate object, you will instigate a change which arises due to the exercise of that potential.

Yes, dear reader, this is an object lesson…

The appearance of life-to-come is one of potential difference. I see the future spreading out before me with the opportunity to maximise my potential. This is an interesting and exciting proposition, because it means that my choice of daily occupation can have very little to do with the prestige, power or money it returns. Rather, I can continue to strive to maximise my value, not according to the scale of the capitalist world, but according to the only personal measurement system which can pertain to a unique creation – my own.