There's a lot of things I should be doing right now. Like handling my medical insurance paperwork, gathering together taxes for reporting (or not reporting), researching new cars for my mom, taking care of some Chinese-to-English translation for more paperwork, forecasting and organizing business stuff, the list goes on. But instead of any of that, I'm watching freestyle videos. Rewatching stuff I've seen before but forgotten about. Juice versus Supernatural. Supernatural versus Craig G. Biggie on street corners. Eminem in danky apartments, picking his nose before rapping. Life will carry on, music is now.
I went on an appointment spree last week. Dentist, primary care doctor, ear surgeon, with another round coming up. On those days, that was the one thing I did. "What did you do today?" Went to the doctor. "And then?" I told you, I went to the doctor! For most people, an appointment is part of your day, not all of it -- so I hear. How do you productive members of society do it? Do you drive faster than me? Have a magical genie assistant? Learn life skills in some college course I skipped out on? Graduate from the Boy/Girl Scouts?
Most of the people I know are really busy. Some of them are also faux-busy. Like they like to sound busy but they aren't really doing much of anything most of the time. I can spot the faux-busy people from miles away. I got a radar for sloth. Most people would probably be insulted if they were called out on being faux-busy. I'm not judging though, just observing. It's hard to pinpoint who I think is the right amount of busy. The person who balances work, social life, family, leisure time, growth, and everything else in a melange of not too hot, not too cold -- a perfect bowl of porridge. When I figure out who I think is the prime example of busy, I'm going to interview them so we can all gain some insight. I will also be creating a "busy/not busy" chart in my spare time to slot everyone in. Feel free to campaign.
Of course, how to account for the fact that I am at one point of the "not busy" scale by having cut out 90% of most things, yet am not doing much either? Clearly busy versus not busy will not be a measure of accomplishing things, just general business. The productivity scale will have to be separate.
Note, the new phrase I'm trying to work into my daily use: "champagne and campaign," as repeatedly said by Jalen Rose on his weekly Grantland podcast. I think it means being drunk and you know, thinking your game is good. Or maybe getting drunk so your game gets good. Either way, everyone, champagne and campaign!
Responsibility makes you an adult. Or rather, taking care of responsibilities. Actually, maturity also makes you an adult. Age certainly isn't a defining factor. That's only in the eyes of the law. As a younger person, I thought everyone over a certain age was an adult. That is obviously not true. I wonder if adultness is also mostly a mentality.
You aren't an adult until you handle your shit. Not even like take care of your life right now, at this moment, but taking care of the soon to be future. (The distant future is too far away for anyone to take care of, much less humans.) I've always been a "when it happens I'll deal with it" kind of person. Otherwise known as, tada, a child.
My digital life, on the other hand, is impeccable. One of my URLs was expiring, I got that transferred over right quick within a few minutes. My Flickr account winding down? Re-upped! Emails and passwords updated, links organized, torrents running smoothly. I am the master of the two by three area that encompasses my desk and laptop. As long as the transition to a non-corporeal world happens soon, I'll be alright.
There's probably a lesson in here about prioritizing and focusing on the stuff that matters. But hang on, I gotta rewind this one battle, it's too damn good. "When you go back home to Indiana, get Mike Tyson out the slammer!"
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