Too much time? Too little? Is your time well spent? While on my way to work yesterday morning, I was again thinking about how time is going by so quickly... Some days, my life feels like a constant race, against who/what I do not know. People say the older one gets, the faster the years approach. I concur, or maybe I'm even older than I think. A questions of time! But isn't this very day the best of time? The perfect moment?
I feel like my time is slipping away... I want to be able to do the things I've always wanted to do, and if not that, I want to be able to do MORE of the things that I enjoy doing currently... Are there some things that you've been wanting to do but haven't gotten around to doing? I feel like I need to DO more, and I really want to. Nothing big... activities like going to the museums, to art galleries and exhibits, taking pictures, seeing new things... cuz y'know, there is so much out there to explore! woohoo! Just the thought of that made me all giddy!
But I do do [haha!] plenty enough at home [aside from chores!] and on the web I believe. These days I try to self-study on web design... reading on Adobe Flash & ActionScript 3.0, CSS, Lightroom for post-processing [photography], and recently I started a night class at my local college on In Design [desktop publishing]. I dabbled on subjects like Web 2.0 mashups and Ajax applications, but those two are way over my head. There is just an abundance of stuff to be learnt, and I do enjoy it - a whole lot.
Think less - do more! Maybe this will be my motto! :-) On a completely different subject, you know this song by Depeche Mode is by far my absolutely fave of theirs. I remember when I was younger, the times when I felt melancholy, listening to this song ALWAYS made me feel better! It's an incredible song!
Well with that said, have a wonderful and safe weekend everyone. 'til next time! xoxo
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BUT NOT TONIGHT
Oh God, it's raining
But I'm not complaining
It's filling me up with new lifeThe stars in the sky
Bring tears to my eyes
They're lighting my way tonightAnd I haven't felt so alive in years...
Just for a day
On a day like today
I'll get away from this constant debaucheryThe wind in my hair
Makes me so aware
How good it is to live tonightAnd I haven't felt so alive in years...
The moon is shining in the sky
Reminding me
Of so many other nights
But they're not like tonightOh God, it's raining
And I'm not containing
My pleasure at being so wetHere on my own
All on my own
How good it feels to be alone tonightAnd I haven't felt so alive in years...
The moon is shining in the sky
Reminding me
Of so many other nights
When my eyes have been so red
I've been mistaken for dead
But not tonight...
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Currently listening:
Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight [Dreamtime Mix]
Comments (8)
That's good to hear you're taking night classes! I'm skipping this term so I can work on my Certs since I never bothered taking them before.
Yea, it feels that way sometimes that time is slipping away. I look back and think "where'd all those months ago?" when I first moved to DC 19 months ago. On some days, I think that I can probably do more but at the same time, I enjoy just "being" and sit and do nothing else :D But yea, will need to see more museums though. Like you said, just do the little things which actually definitely adds up to something bigger.
Posted by Kris | September 4, 2008 4:23 AM
Posted on September 4, 2008 04:23
From what you have mentioned above, I would say that time is escaping you because you are definitely engrossed in a lot of activities, particularly with web design and the teaching of such. Sometimes an assessment or analysis of how one's time is used is needed. Last year I was TOOO ENGROSSED in work-related "stuff." Time for more museums! :-)
Posted by Steven | September 2, 2008 12:53 PM
Posted on September 2, 2008 12:53
This last year has been, quite possibly, the fastest in my life. I don't know how I got from there to here. My head spins.
I think right now I just want to find the right tool to focus my energy on this moment. The only thing that is clear to me is that truly this is the only thing i really have...
Posted by Doghigh | September 2, 2008 9:48 AM
Posted on September 2, 2008 09:48
one can not save time; one can only spend it well or badly. that is a comfort to know.
Posted by urspo | September 1, 2008 7:56 PM
Posted on September 1, 2008 19:56
I think you hit the nail right on the head when you said "...isn't this very day the best of time? The perfect moment?"
The answer is most definitely yes. The present moment is the perfect moment, and it's the only time where you have any power at all. We have no power in the past or the future, and it'd therefore be a bit silly of us to try to find our fulfillment in either of those places.
In truth, we don't have control but we do have choice; and given that choice, I'd choose this present moment... this perfect moment :)
Now, consider this:
"Rather than saying it will take this much time to accomplish this, we would say I have to be this happy to accomplish this."
Take care!
Posted by Alkam | August 31, 2008 3:26 PM
Posted on August 31, 2008 15:26
i ahve been workign way to hard and feel i have not ime at the moment, but the scales will tip more to my creative side now. tis a crazy world hey gangsta?
Posted by pod | August 29, 2008 8:01 PM
Posted on August 29, 2008 20:01
I feel the same way! There is always so much to do and there is so little time. I use to keep a "To Do" list of all of the things I wanted to do so I could check them off and make sure they got done but then everything started to feel like a chore...even the fun stuff...so now I don't keep the list.
Maybe we can figure out a way to get more of the stuff we want done. Until then enjoy the long weekend.
Posted by Cesar | August 29, 2008 12:00 PM
Posted on August 29, 2008 12:00
I feel the same way but when I do have time I never think to do the fun things that come so easy at night in bed when I can't do a thing about them any more. I beg time to stop slipping away so fast, I am just starting to understand where I am in life but I feel like it will run out before I get to do the things I want.
I used to hate that saying "youth is wasted on the young" but the scary thing is... now I understand that phrase.
Had a little problem leaving a comment so if you get many copies, plese delete the others.
Posted by Steven | August 29, 2008 11:44 AM
Posted on August 29, 2008 11:44