All I ever need in life I learned from zombie culture

For those who know me well, you know I wrote an obnoxiously long thesis paper title "Apocalypse or War: The History of the Zombie and the Human Response." Some have even said that I am obsessed, I say I got to spend an entire semester watching movies, tv shows, reading books, comics, and articles. To add to the arguement that I am mildly obsessed, I am still reading zombie books and my collection has more then doubled since the end of that particular semester. I actually just started a new zombie series by Mira Grant. Her trilogy looks at the post-rising days through the eyes of three young bloggers. In fact blogging has become the main source of news and entertainment in this world.  I recommend that  if you have a few bucks to at least pick up the first one Feed.

Some key things that I have learned from zombie culture that can be employed in all areas of life are:

Always be prepared but flexible. Being over prepared to the point of rigidity gets you nowhere good and having no preparation leaves you with a lot of holes to try and cover last minute.

Don't be too high and mighty. If you can't function without expensive things then you will not do too well off. Be ready to eat cold canned beans and wear whatever rags that you can find.

Stay in some sort of shape because you never know when you may need to move quickly. This could be running for your life or it could be running to catch your connecting flight.

Sometimes useful things come from areas unexpected, like blogs.

Never stop learning because you never know what skill or information you may need.

Don't be too quick to judge because sometimes even a zombie is more then just that (reference Zom-B and Zom-B: Underground).

Learn that sometimes loving someone or something really does mean that you have to let it go (or kill it yourself). Sometimes in order for those we love to grow and develop we have to let them walk away from us.


There are tons more things that can be taken from zombie culture and thousands of resources, websites, and blogs out there dedicated to just that (so I encourage you to explore those as well). These are just a handful that have been in the back of my mind as I have been reading my books. Oh and don't forget that poking zombies with sticks might be fun and easy with only one but remember that when you poke living(ish) things with sticks, they sometimes get mad.