list of todays activities:
woke up at 10
ate breakfast in bed
watched tv
read blogs
watched more tv
checked my email
talked to my sister and ate lunch
watched tv
started reading pioneer woman’s story “black heels to tractor wheels”
took a shower
opened a bottle of wine (post coming soon)
decided to write in blog about how lazy i am being.
allright well as it is very clear from the list above i have literally wasted a day of by life doing absolutely nothing that will get me farther in life, healthier, richer, or even anything that was much fun! since i havent been working very much i have had a lot of free time on my hands which i enjoy. days like today however show me that im not taking advantage of it as i should be doing. i have apparently developed a trend in which i take one of the following paths:
1) i wake up in the morning relatively early with a task at mind. work on a translation, answer emails, go for a run, plan a class, whatever. the day then proceeds at that pace, i continue to be productive (even if the things on my to-do list arent necessarily work related but enjoying myself in chile related because to me that is equally important) and not a bump in a log. i did not fly down to the end of the world to be a bump.
2) i wake up in the morning late (and i hate sleeping in!) lay in bed and do nothing, and well, refer to the list above. even though as im in the middle of doing all of that i know its not what i want to be doing its like i cant snap myself out of it for some reason.
i love days like case 1. i love enjoying life and taking advantage of my time here. im not a big fan of work, but i have managed to find ways to make ok money in less time, and work at home in a job that will help me in my future as a translator/interpreter. but more often than id like lately i find myself in case 2. i know waaaaay to much about the reality shows on mtv and have watched more episodes of two and a half men and project runway since ive been back than i care to admit. so maybe my point in writing this is to give myself a wake up call. live your freaking life and stop wasting time. however cliche this post sounds im not really interested. i dont really find this as a lifestyle issue or something that i talk about and talk about and dont do. but lately i sure do feel like a bump on a log. or maybe a couch potato like jake.
I enjoy days like that lazy one you described occasionally, but you’re right, if you start doing that too often it can get kind of hard to snap out of it!
oh emily
love you so much! you have always been good at getting done what needs to be done, it just seems like it isn’t really clear right now what needs to be done. hang in there, i am sure you will fall into a good routine soon! in the meantime, want to help with my work here at school? hahah jk
Pioneer Woman is the best! I want her to write faster, I can’t wait so long in between installments.
And I agree with you, it’s sometimes hard to get the motivation to start a day 1 type of day, but often it feels so much better to be finishing a productive day than a lazy day.
Oh my. This sounds a bit too much like….almost every day for me.
At least next week starts a crazy busy work schedule that will force me to get out of bed before…let’s say…11.