Ah, the life of a student. It might well be described as a microcosm of the ethical life: perpetual conflict between what one should do and what one wants to do. Some distractions never fail me; others take me by surprise.
Distractions, Tried and True
- The wonders of the "Internets"
- Facebook in particular
- Checking e-mail compulsively
- Random acts of cleaning
- My wandering thoughts
- Making "to do" lists
- Filling up "to do" lists with things I've finished, just so I can cross something off the list
- Acts of grooming
- Consuming beverage of choice
- This blog
- Food blogs
- Word games online
- Cursing the blasted temperature
- Organizing e-mail
- Facebook (yes, I listed it twice - with all the darned apps., there's always something new)
- Headlines of the day (Firefox, let me count the ways...)
- Checking class syllabi out of paranoia I'm missing something
- iTunes!!!!!!
- Tivo, glorious Tivo
- Spontaneous sing-alongs (ok, maybe also not quite new, but shall we say rediscovered?)
- Etc., etc., etc. (a la The King and I)
Don't you find it a bit redunkulous filling up "to do" lists with things you've already finished? Why not just write out a list that says "Shiznit I've Already Done"?
ReplyDeleteWell you see, for me it is far more satisfying to pretend that those things were already on my "to do" list - it feels more like I've accomplished some concrete goals. So simply listing "Stuff [interesting word choice, by the way!] I've Already Done" would defeat the purpose.
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