Goal Directed Behavior
So, I'm home for an entire month. That means I have to find something to keep myself occupied for that length of time. Obviously I'll be working a good chunk of the time, but what to do in my “spare” time?
I need to go through my stuff and get rid of the stuff I know I don't use. I have so many shirts I don't wear but am hesitant to get rid of because “I might wear that.” Well… that doesn't cut it. Time to toss some of those. I have a lot of stuff like that, where it gets no use but I don't want to rid myself of it. No idea why. I guess I'm a packrat at heart. Can't do that anymore.
I need to get some books to read. I wanna try reading some of the books on the Geek Novel list, but I also have some more eclectic reading planned. I want to try to read Machiavelli's The Prince, maybe SunTzu's Art of War, etc. Maybe a few more Neal Stephenson books… I started A Winter Haunting but only got partway into the first chapter before I had to come back home. Maybe I'll keep going with Neuromancer, another book I had to stop reading because the semester ended and I had to return it to the library. So many choices. I'm willing to consider others too, if you have recommendations.
I want to expand my music collection too. I've been slowly and steadily building my collection, but there's always room for more. And not just more stuff by the same artists that I already have and like, but more stuff by more artists.
I need to start seriously job-hunting for after graduation. Trouble is my full-time job kinda gets in the way of that. I'll have to talk to my manager to see if I can negotiate some kind of alternate work system, maybe four days a week instead of five, although that'll seriously cut into my cash flow. If anyone's looking for a soon-to-be-graduating budding web designer with a degree in Management (emphasis on Marketing, also a minor in Business Psychology), I'm your man. Get in touch.
I just need something to keep my mind and body active for the next month. Otherwise I end up sitting here in this chair scouring the internet for the newest joke, or an entertaining blog entry, or posting here about anything that crosses my bored little mind.
guidosan said,
December 24, 2005, 11:38 am
Glad to see your comments are working now. I already listed why you should take my sugesstions in the other comment I tried to leave you but I don't fell like writing all that again so you'll just have to trust me. Books: read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, and A Song of Ice and Fire (it's a series) by George RR Martin. Music: the band is called Bond, their most widely known song is called Explosive. It's a pretty good song. Other good songs by them: lullaby and midnight garden. That's it for now. Merry Xmas Eve.
Andrea said,
December 25, 2005, 11:39 am
You know Tom, I actually have thought about that a lot. Lately a LOT more since I got my job and moved. During summer I didnt have a job, wasnt in school anymore and really I felt I didnt have a purpose in life, If i had not been dating Matt at the time, I really dont think I would have felt much of a reason for my life, not that I was about ready to pop a full bottle of pills….but it was just hard for me to think what is my reason for being here? And then I started to think what If I was never born, or what If I had never gone to ww and gone to a different school ya know…My life would be so different, and then I started thinking about everyone else in my life, How their lives would be different, I would like to think the world would be a very dull and colorless place if i did not exist….but thats just my thought!