There aren't enough hours in the day

[Nuzzolese]

Seriously! If I didn't have this pesky job I could do all the things I want to do.

I could excercise more, do more capoeira and dance
read all the books I want to read
write
finish my painting
watch more movies
keeping up my fingernails and feet and skin better
cook more and really enjoy my meals
talk to all the people I want to talk to
hang out more with my family
have a decent garden
be outside more and enjoy the weather
learn all kinds of new things I want to learn
look for new music
have a pet


Instead I have to work and all I do is do my work and post on here. What a waste of my life! I can feel my life slipping away by the hours. There is no job I want to do. I want to be a real person not an employee.

If only there was more time. What are things you want to do each day, each week, if only you had more time to do them?

[cj hood]

shut off your computer........problem solved!

[Nuzzolese]

shut off your computer........problem solved!

Wow that's really a mental gymnastics floor routine you just demonstrated.
I'm at work. I'm working on my computer. I could quit my job but then I'd just have to get another job and I still wouldn't be doing all the fun things I want to do.

[ms.peachy]

What are things you want to do each day, each week, if only you had more time to do them?
well I'd probably write more. Like proper writing, not this internet stuff. It's easy for me to do this an pop about on the net, because I am doing computer stuff all day - so I can bounce in and out of here, there, and every where for 5 minutes at a go.

But to have long uninterrupted hours in which to write and not feel guilty that something else wasn't getting done that needs doing (laundry, cleaning, etc) - that would be nice. I sometimes think I should maybe take myself away for a week to some B&B in the woods or something and just knuckle down for a bit to get myself kick started.

[wanton wench]

ahhhh if i didnt have to be at work all day...........the possibilities are endless!
there are a million things i would do. not enough thread space to list em all!

*stares out window daydreaming*

[TAL]

Aaah, sweet unemployment.

[Nuzzolese]

I do a little bit of almost all of the things I want to do, I just don't have enough time for them. I only do them when I get the chance and it never feels like enough.

[Nuzzolese]

Oh get back into horseback riding again! That's another one. I used to ride horses as a teenager but it got to be expensive and I didn't have the time then either.

And I used to volunteer at a museum, that was fun. They can't pay me though.

[Abe Froman]

There is no job I want to do. I want to be a real person not an employee.


Thats the real problem, isn't it? Sounds like you could be having more fun working at a place that could be part of what you would like to do. But then again, i'm sitting in front of a computer inside a room bored as hell too wishing I was making treats for rich women who would want to come into the store kitchen and talk about stupid stuff.

I should be:
At the beach in the water catching waves
Sitting at a cafe in Europe people watching
Hiking all day and everyday
Packing up an overnighter, getting in my car, and taking a random no map drive
rowing
finding all of the cool stores/mom and pop shops in los angeles
mixing bizzare things into ganache to find the next big thing
chiseling my six pack abs

[Dr Deaf]

i have no job and all the time in the world. i just have nothing to do.

[ToucanSpam]

i have no job and all the time in the world. i just have nothing to do.
Make pizza. It's fun.

[Nuzzolese]

i have no job and all the time in the world. i just have nothing to do.

You disgust me. :p

[Nuzzolese]

Thats the real problem, isn't it? Sounds like you could be having more fun working at a place that could be part of what you would like to do.

That's the trick. I like to do lots of things. I'm interested in a lot of things but I can't get myself together.

[King PSYZ]

multi-tasking!
even if you did get all the time for the tings on your list you'll still find something lacking.(!)

[wanton wench]

Aaah, sweet unemployment.
you dont have to rub it in! :p

[wanton wench]

mixing bizzare things into ganache to find the next big thing


are you a pastry chef ?
or do you just like to experiment ?

[Abe Froman]

are you a pastry chef ?
or do you just like to experiment ?

I just like to experiment. I don't deal with pastries, just chocolates.

[beastieangel01]

ugh, I try not to think about these things. It depresses me that we must work away most of our lives just in order to live.

Hopefully, my job as an artist works out. It's specified for game art, but that means income and hopefully something I will like to do. I love to draw so I figured it was my best bet.

If I wasn't slaving at work or at school (but school is good!), I'd be:

-learning more on how to make music
-painting
-dancing frequently
-working out much more in various ways (i.e. hiking and just being outside vs in a gym because it's convenient).
-spend time with friends more
-be at the beautiful beaches that are oh, 10 minutes away from my house :mad:

yeah. Happy thoughts now, happy thoughts.

[JBernas]

people watching

One of my favorite pastimes (y) I'll be going to the beach in a week and am thoroughly looking forward to sitting back and taking in some of the specticles that will be walking the shoreline.

[Abe Froman]

take a drink everytime you see someone with lame huge sunglasses on.

[Nuzzolese]

Paula, the woman who works next to me, never ever uses vacation or sick time. She comes to work with miserable sinus infections and pink eye! She gets so much vacation time backed up that they make her take some time off. I have no idea what she saves it all for. Others say she's always like that. She seems unhappy. You can't take it with you. I always use my vacation time. I try to enjoy my job as best I can, make it fun.

I wonder about working other kinds of jobs, seeking out work that would fulfill my interests - example, trying to get a job at some stable so I can ride horses again. But the problem with doing that is the jobs would often be low paying and unpredictable whether I'd be able to get it and keep it since I'm not very experienced with horses anymore.

It's hard to reconcile a desire for some financial security with the desire to explore a variety of interests. Something has to give, some balance has to be achieved and it's the balance everyone's always trying to find.

Like faithbanks said, it's the system and the way it's set up. This goddamn protestant work ethic and capitalist agenda. Wow, I sound like a college student. Damn pilgrims and Benjamin Franklin.

[enree erzweglle]

I liked the way I was set up in Zurich. I had just a bed, sink, closet,
nightstand, and the books, clothes, and food that I needed for the
next few days. I've done that before and for very long periods and
when you do that, it's amazing how much unencumbered life gets.
I'm striving to get to something closer to that where I am right now;
we'll see if I make it.

I don't compromise on exercise, sleep, laundry, reading, work, and
certain spiritual things.

I have a subset of friends that I'll drop what I'm doing for; I don't
compromise when it comes to them.

Everything else, I fit in when I can and that's okay. I know, for example,
that I don't really deeply clean my place enough (like I don't wash windows
and get down on all fours and scrub floors).

I don't entertain enough (most of what I do with my friends and
family is very informal and ad hoc--like a phone call that results in taking
a walk or going for pizza). I like that, though.

I don't see a lot of the good movies or live music as much as I probably should.

But all of that is okay because my base set of things are untouched,
uncompromised.

Oh, and this will sound weird, but I can tell when I haven't spent enough
time with my one cat (Tony). He gets this hang-dog look on his face
and half looks at me, like he's shunning me amish style. When I see
him looking like that, I realize that I forgot to invite him to be with me.
He's polite like that. Right now, he's sitting on my lap while I type. His
arms are between my arms and every now and again, he reaches up and
types a character or two and he's not looking hang-doggy.

[cookiepuss]

you know what really scares me? that I'll never have a job that I love.

having to work wouldn't be such a waste of time if I loved what I was doing. but I've never had a job like that and sadly, I may never have one. Instead I'm working to have money to do things that I don't have time to do because i work.

I'm thinking what I need to do is get really friendly with some of our clients (who are all rich by the way, other wise they wouldn't be coming to a money manager) and get them to adpot me as a granddaughter or something. then they'd set me up with a trust fund. and then I'd quit and take my boyfriend and we'd travel around the world and stuf our faces with exotic foods and climb pyramids and shite. yeah. boy wouldn't that be great. wishful wishful thinking.

[JBernas]

I don't entertain enough (most of what I do with my friends and family is very informal and ad hoc--like a phone call that results in taking a walk or going for pizza). I like that, though.

My girfriends and I get together once a month, and they're coming over tonight. Just three of them and we get together, cook, drink a bit of wine and listen to music. Sometimes it's just spur of the moment...but that's what is so great about it. I'm not one for formal entertaining...jesus it's exhausting. My brother's wife regularly puts together these big ta-da's that look like they came out of Southern Living with all the matching plates and fondue sets, toothpicks, etc....and she gets all bent out of shape if a plate and a bowl don't match...it must really suck to be her and be consumed with such nonsense. Anyway, I like having close friends over (even if my house is not spotless...which it's not today btw) impromptu....these usually pose for the best memories.

[Audio.]

Seriously! If I didn't have this pesky job I could do all the things I want to do.

I could excercise more, do more capoeira and dance
read all the books I want to read
write
finish my painting
watch more movies
keeping up my fingernails and feet and skin better
cook more and really enjoy my meals
talk to all the people I want to talk to
hang out more with my family
have a decent garden
be outside more and enjoy the weather
learn all kinds of new things I want to learn
look for new music
have a pet


Instead I have to work and all I do is do my work and post on here. What a waste of my life! I can feel my life slipping away by the hours. There is no job I want to do. I want to be a real person not an employee.

If only there was more time. What are things you want to do each day, each week, if only you had more time to do them?

I hear ya! Cheers!

[miss soul fire]

Seriously! If I didn't have this pesky job I could do all the things I want to do.

I could excercise more, do more capoeira and dance
read all the books I want to read
write
finish my painting
watch more movies
keeping up my fingernails and feet and skin better
cook more and really enjoy my meals
talk to all the people I want to talk to
hang out more with my family
have a decent garden
be outside more and enjoy the weather
learn all kinds of new things I want to learn
look for new music
have a pet



Still doing capoeira, Nuzz??

It's amazing! My list would have nearly everything you posted on yours, except I would exchange capoeira with kung-fu, the garden thing (since I live in an apartment) and the pet thing since I got one already and the painting thing. The rest is exactly the same.

I want to work out, at home, for now. Gyms in this town are too expensive;
Have more concentration on my studies;
Get an alrighty job for now;
Eat healthy food, which I've started doing right now, although I would like to have more discipline;
and more...
much more!

[Kid Presentable]

Rather than lament a lack of time, I spit in the face of life.

That took me six minutes to write, right there. Because I got up to play a little playstation, and built a sick playlist. Made shadows on the wall for the kitty to jump at.

I am uber chrono-punk-rock.

You're a long time dead, but an awful long time alive, too. Stand up and waste your existence!