Saturday, September 05, 2009

All You Have To Do Is Decide What To Do With The Time You Are Given

What do you do with your free time? Hell, what do you do with any of your time?

With the internet always beckoning, the rise in social media sites such as facebook, twitter, and now Socialbrowse, it's getting harder and harder just to have time at all.

Here is what I do, and what's on my list to do:

I have roughly 700 mog articles to read through, most of them, I won't spend much time on (I hope - *gulp*).
Other emails.
I love reading my friends' blogs, because it's a great window into their lives. Each person's unique writing style adds depth to their character, especially the friends I don't know very well, and it's absolutely fascinating to me.
I just discovered Google Reader, which basically organizes my online madness and reminds me how far behind I grow everyday with this stuff.
Webcomics - I have many I could read, but really only keep up with QC. I really miss Penny Arcade. I'm a year behind in that.
Then there's the non web stuff. Playing guitar, drums, dance, friends, g/f, other interests, reading, blogging.

Then there's graduate school. I keep thinking about it, and I want to go back, but then there's a whole other ball of yarn. What would I go back for? Music, biology, environmental studies, materials science?

Argh!

This small list of things is what keeps me busy. That leads me to the Gandalf the Gray quote in the title. Usually I just do, there isn't much deciding. Life will pass you by if you just sit there. Go out and experience it!

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