Well, I'm addicted to another incarnation of Team Fortress. The main difference with this one is the game itself is free as well as the mod: Enemy Territory.
You'll only see this type of log once, so no complaining, Ross. Besides I'm illustrating some kind of point with it.
Typical work day:
get up at 6:14 AM
get ready to leave shower, dress, etc. (don't eat breakfast)
leave around 7:18 AM
Take the bus to work after the first one goes by being completely full
Get to center city at 7:38 AM
Go to Dunkin Donuts and get "unhealthy breakfast" consisting of one of three things
Get to work at 7:45 AM
Eat breakfast and read slashdot until 8:00 AM when I sign in
Now for the incriminating evidence:
At which point I try to solve random problems we're having with the network by searching the internet. Of course, what I find is no help at all but it's slightly more productive than sitting around reading comics or playing solitaire. More often than not, I'll be sent on random tech support issues which can be anything. These usually take only a few minutes to solve. Failing that, we end up giving them a different computer.
All that's about to change as they gave me something important to do at work having to do with condos.
I sign out for lunch at 1:30 and go to the local pizza place where I order one of three things
I take my lunch back to my narrow cubicle and eat it there while reading science fiction
The rest of my workday goes by the same as it was before lunch.
At 4:00 PM I sign out and take the bus back home.
Upon arriving home, I check my email (are you incredibly bored yet?) and play games, only stopping to eat a frozen dinner.
At 11:00 PM or so, I go to sleep.
The point is that my life is incredibly boring. I spend very little time doing anything productive or interesting.
Why? Too much or wasted effort? Inferiority issues? Who knows?
I know how to become an optimist. I also know it requires more effort than I'm willing to provide. That limit on providing effort keeps me standing still.
4 comments:
How does one become an optimist?
That was me, btw.
Ross
My dear, if you know how to become an optimist, but know its too much efort on your part...You already KNOW the problem. The problem is tat you need to put that effort in there, that is, if you really want to. Which it seems so, seeing that you yourself say you dont do anything "productive or intersting". Do you want to do anything besides what you do day to day? If so, what and figure out how much effort youll really need to put in it.
I'm not sure it's figuring out how much effort, it might be setting aside goals and working towards them every day.
Easier said then done, though. Once I get started towards one of those goals, It will be much easier to accomplish that particular thing. I have trouble getting started. The other problem is I need to find something to strive for.
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