Free Time

It has been a month since I took off from my parents garage. The four pounds of cashews have been eaten. I have done laundry, finally. The hat that was upon my head when I left was blown away in an unfortunate "windshield covered in dirt with no wiper fluid incident."

I think I am pretty proficient at time management. I never had a late assignment or missed class during my undergrad. I was always early for practice throughout high school and college. I always got all the lawns mowed in a timely manner during the summer, sometimes, admittedly, to fast. I was fortunate to not have to work while going to school. Sometimes this was a problem, because I had too much free time, but on the whole it was pretty sweet. Just don't get too into the mystical worlds of wisps and demons.

Let's Kill This Dragon

I feel guilty when I am not working and others are. Not to say that I don't enjoy working, I do. But I should forgive my self for the free time I create for myself. There is such a thing as being lazy. Procrastination is another problem for the free time agenda. The more you put things off the less freedom you will have. So free time in it's truest sense is not spent doing nothing, it is play, relaxation, or fulfillment. These things are not mutually exclusive, and free time endeavors can run the gambit for an individual. 

Work is a necessary condition of life. Some are able to find a job that they truly love and enjoy doing everyday. Other people find work that meets their need for money, but don't get much gratification from their job. Most people fall somewhere in between this dichotomy. Free time endeavours are humanities outlet. Sanity for an insane world. 

Honestly, I do know exactly where I was going with this post. I'll tack that up to too much free time. I am coming to the realization I will have work here in the near future, and I will not have as much time for relaying these quasi-incoherent messages to my six followers. Cherish your free time, make the most of it. Because, like the promise that this post may have contained at its outset , it will quickly slip away never to be recovered.

"Do it now, while you are young and on your own", is a phrase you hear about travel, adventure, and free time from older individuals all the time. It is a true statement. It is EASIER to do while poor, family-less, and limber. It is not impossible to seek adventure at any stage of life. Free time is about creating that adventure. Try new things, go new places, and figure things out. Squeeze the hell out of every penny of your "free time". This is not to say that I don't watch the tube, obviously this blog is 94% YouTube content, but make sure to shut off some of the tech and get out into the world and DO.