Work and Procrastination
I don't know how many have felt this way but I have noticed that when I am the busiest, the few hours I have to myself to rest become the most boring and bring annoying thoughts into my head. I try to read a book or watch a movie but start feeling guilty about the workload piling up. So what DO I do to relax? I've been pondering over the question for quite sometime now. A few days back I had the fortune of listening to Jorge Cham (of PhD comics fame) speak. He talked about the central theme in his comic strip-procrastination. His talk was very entertaining and motivating in a very different way. All of us have shades of the comic strip characters in us- some more than the others. But I guess the idea behind what the speaker was trying to convey was that it is not wrong to be interested in other things besides work and studies. Now, I know every person knows that. But somehow, this simple concept leaves us and a stronger sense of guilt and responsibility grips us as we grow older. The enjoying part of procrastination will take a huge culture change for me to enjoy but I think it is happening slowly and steadily. Changes for the better? That we'll have to wait and watch..One of my breaks had me watching "Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind". One of those movies which one keeps thinking back again and again...I liked the idea behind the movie but mainly I liked the message conveyed.I would suggest this movie to anyone who has no aversion to movies in the genre "Romance". The movie may be labeled in that genre but it has one thinking about everything which goes on in one's life. A few other good movies I watched were Syriana and V for Vendetta (courtesy to donations of movie CD by a friend). Well, now that I have listed most of my time pass activities, I think I will end with a few of my recent thoughts. I am not in a position to control many things which happen in my life, but I have the ability to at least make remedy- that's what I am doing. Trying to remedy most of the wrongs- since the others are best left alone.
2 comments:
Exactly what's on my mind as well... guilt about doing stuff outside of work :( What's life without some drama though eh... And the kind where you are racing to meet a deadline just doesn't suffice anymore as you grow older! So my recent policy is... experiment and have some guilt-free fun (well, try!) and you always have phdcomics to make you laugh while you try to make remedies... It's odd a comic stip could give you such a sense of perspective right... why question a good thing though ;)
wow you got to listen to Jorge Cham!!
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