Hieronymus Blogsch http://www.rjray.org rjray.org - Journal and Log for Randy J. Ray en Randy J. Ray (rjray@blackperl.com) Copyright Randy J. Ray Hitting Snooze, Pushing Pause http://www.rjray.org/thoughts/2.html I procrastinate. I mean, I put things off as if putting things off were an Olympic sport and I was training for the gold. I hit the snooze button on my (multiple) alarm clock(s) each morning repeatedly. I look at things that need doing (taking the trash out, picking up trash and clutter) and just choose not to do them. That's not quite it— I do get those things done, just usually it happens later than I mean for it to.

This dogs me in a lot of ways. I don't spend as much time on my hobbies as I truly want to. I have a lot of ideas for software that I've never pursued. I want to exercise more, work out more often, but manage to convince myself that I don't have the time. I do have the time, I just don't use it wisely.

Time seems to drain away from me, without my knowing exactly what has happened to it. Much like my money often does, I guess. I can't point to any one or two big expenditures, yet I'm often broke in the days leading up to payday. And with time, I can't point to things I recall spending time on, I just don't seem to get anything done. In the past week, I've gone to a party and gone to a movie. Oh, and I went to dinner with friends on Sunday. But that barely accounts for the free time I've (supposedly) had. Some of the time is lost on playing games. Less of it is used for TV than used to be (I only watch about 8 hours a week with any regularity). But it slips away.

]]> /thoughts Randy J. Ray 2002-10-23T22:33-07:00 I procrastinate. I mean, I put things off as if putting things off were an Olympic sport and I was training for the gold. I hit the snooze button on my (multiple) alarm clock(s) each morning repeatedly. I look at things that need doing (taking the trash out, picking up trash and clutter) and just choose not to do them. That's not quite it— I do get those things done, just usually it happens later than I mean for it to.

This dogs me in a lot of ways. I don't spend as much time on my hobbies as I truly want to. I have a lot of ideas for software that I've never pursued. I want to exercise more, work out more often, but manage to convince myself that I don't have the time. I do have the time, I just don't use it wisely.

Time seems to drain away from me, without my knowing exactly what has happened to it. Much like my money often does, I guess. I can't point to any one or two big expenditures, yet I'm often broke in the days leading up to payday. And with time, I can't point to things I recall spending time on, I just don't seem to get anything done. In the past week, I've gone to a party and gone to a movie. Oh, and I went to dinner with friends on Sunday. But that barely accounts for the free time I've (supposedly) had. Some of the time is lost on playing games. Less of it is used for TV than used to be (I only watch about 8 hours a week with any regularity). But it slips away.

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