There’s a winter storm coming our way so whether I’ll be able to get out tomorrow is anybody’s guess. But at least I got out today and recorded a longish file.
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I used to spend a lot of time gaming. I can’t say I did it because I was lazy, but I can say that some of it was a waste of time. When I was older and able to associate gaming as a social event (being able to play with the same group of people), it had a lot more meaning for me.
As for reading, I still hear that I’m lazy and waste too much time with it, but it doesn’t bother me much. I don’t find reading to be a waste of time in any way. As you said, it can cause other things not to get done, but I have to admit that the feeling of being engrossed in a story and then finishing it is far more gratifying than doing most things for me and leads to a feeling of accomplishment. I feel like I come away with something that I didn’t have before, that something being all of the thoughts and emotions etc.
Between mid December and mid January I read almost a book a day and my only regret is the $10 I spent on two books I didn’t finish.
Hi Nate and others,
Gaming, I am a gamer. I have been for almost 43 years now. It started with the back yard of my parents home then parks and the beach playing cards, board games, lego, D&D, computer games and Playstation 1,2,3, xbox. The best games are the ones that take hours and hours. Is that time wasted? Well the question for me is could that time be spent doing something that produced a greater value to me. As I do not have access to the multiverse to check the alternatives and measure the value of not gaming. I say sitting down and playing a game was and is the most valueble thing I could be doing with that time at that moment.
Taking time to be away from the worries of the day is important. My wife tells me you have to have time for yourself so you can have time for others and without the balance all is lost.
Darren
I’m just waiting for Day 352 – Sunday, March 25, 2012 – 1 full year.