The Monkey's Cheese!


   Wednesday, June 24  



Wasting time.

Wasting time, much frowned upon in modern society is actually not that bad,

For when you waste something are you not asserting that you have so much of it that you can afford to throw it away?

I am proud and lucky to be so time rich that I can let it slip through my fingers as if nothing. This is a mind set, and why shouldn't we waste time?

First of all its a bit of a misnomer, 'waste' is the wrong word, but it helps to illustrate my previous economic example. I'm happy to 'waste' time if it involves making silly things, playing with cardboard, experimenting, discussing philosophies with friends, reading novels, forging bonds, making cookies etc..

But! They say..
Shouldn't you be making a living?

Yes, but what IS a living?
A living, is living to a degree you are comfortable with. The more you own, car, house, cable tv etc. The more of a living you have to make, the less time you can afford to waste. But essentially, you are making a living, so that when you're done you can go to the living you've made and enjoy your time, however it may be: play with it, chat, create, enjoy, all these things which a content and happy time waster is actually doing already anyway.

Michael Ende, John Lennon and I agree: Time enjoyed is never ever time wasted.

There will be plenty of time leftover to make a home, create things, sell them, study, forge a career etc etc, later, it happens, organically, but to force it, to feel guilty about not being productive, is bad for the spirit. Feel no shame when being idle! And always rest on the Sabbath!

   [ posted by Pablo @ 18:27 ] 2 Comments

yay!
 
thanks Pablo i appreciated this post in particular. i have a bad habit of feeling like i'm not producing enough..which sometimes is the case..however more often than not i am being satisfactorily productive yet feel i should be doing more. so thanks for the boost friend [:
 
Post a Comment



The Best Of TMC!

The Toothbrush Pervert

Mexico

Mushrooms in Mexico

Intelligent Marble

Mixtape Mondays

Tightass Story

I Met God

Resignation Letter

Future

Links

Grooveshark

Louis Links

Boing Boing

The Daily Show

Zoomdoggle

Art Of Manliness

Improv Everywhere

Issuu

We Feel Fine

No Media Kings

Wired

LiveScience

SparkNotes

Popular Science

Free TV!

Maybe Logic

Zombo.Com

ReadyMade

43 Things

Vice

ConsumptionJunction

PostSecret

Skeptic

Everything on Anything

Maddox

Build Freedom

Links Links Links

Grouphug

Bombshell Zine

Rhymezone

Portal of Evil

Info.Wars

Buttafly

NoMoreFakeNews

Independent Media

Tim Boucher

Bash.org

SMH

9/11 Truth

Above Top Secret

Cafe Press

Friends Blogs

Piku Piku

No Consumer Guarantee

Children Say Nipples

Simo's Music Blog

Mononym

Coincidence Catalogue

Chenisms

Canetoad Warrior

Signal Periodical

Beyond Words

Bethany J Fellows

Tjing Tjong Tja

The Itinerant Moustache

Once Upon Everyday

Jangle and Drum

Tynan

Four's Blog

Boing Boing
Etsy Shop!
Best Stuff
Archives

October 2003
November 2003
December 2003
January 2004
February 2004
March 2004
April 2004
May 2004
June 2004
July 2004
August 2004
September 2004
October 2004
November 2004
December 2004
January 2005
February 2005
March 2005
April 2005
May 2005
June 2005
July 2005
August 2005
September 2005
October 2005
November 2005
January 2006
February 2006
March 2006
April 2006
May 2006
June 2006
July 2006
August 2006
September 2006
October 2006
November 2006
December 2006
January 2007
February 2007
March 2007
April 2007
May 2007
June 2007
July 2007
August 2007
September 2007
October 2007
November 2007
December 2007
January 2008
February 2008
March 2008
April 2008
May 2008
June 2008
July 2008
August 2008
October 2008
November 2008
December 2008
January 2009
February 2009
March 2009
April 2009
May 2009
June 2009
July 2009
November 2009

Search Engine
Site search Web search

powered by FreeFind
=

Locations of visitors to this page

Followed
.......

Click here for the archives!