January 19: Deep Thought (for a Friday)
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.
-Andrew Jackson
I originally had a different quote picked out for today, a very serious quote about trusting in yourself to make tough choices. As appropriate as it would have been for today, I needed to be a little less serious.
I often catch myself with tons to do on Friday (the things I put off all week). It's so difficult to get those things done when all I can think about is the end of the day.
Geez---I can’t even imagine having fun NOT doing what I need to do. There are plenty of times I don’t do what needs to be done, and some of those times I play, but there’s always a nagging sense of guilt that stays with me until the things that need to be done are done. How does someone get like this? What did my parents do that make me feel this way? Or was it my parents at all? I don’t think my younger brother has these problems. This is a quote that puzzles me. In fact, I can’t even imagine having nothing to do. What a concept!