1.
I capitalise upon the opportunity and do
something worthwhile. I read more.
2.
Due to my reading more I instil within myself
both a false sense of talent (80 – 90% of the time) and a yearning to express
myself (something which should be avoided 100% of the time) and write more.
3.
I, as the period of time passes, stay up later
and later, reading and writing more and more and thus exhausting myself. Thus,
a solid seven hours of sleep becomes an agreeable eight hours, a slothful nine
and an idle ten, peaking at a sinful eleven.
4.
As I begin to sleep longer till later I begin to
miss meals which I counter by eating inter-meal meals in partnership with main
meals.
To decide whether this system of actions is positive or not
I have devised this pro/con list:
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PRO
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CON
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READING
MORE:
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I educate myself.
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I educate myself too much and suddenly fall ill to an existential
crisis.
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I have an acceptable excuse to ignore those in my immediate vicinity.
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If what I’m reading is bad I have no such excuse to ignore people
within my immediate vicinity.
|
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I can spend money without feeling guilty.
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I can spend money without feeling guilty.
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It creates the false image that I am better than people.
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As it turns out, people dislike those who they perceive as better
than themselves.
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It gives me something to do on buses. (Talking to strangers is far
too taxing)
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I become far too engrossed and miss my stop. (In comparison, if I had
spoken to a stranger, I would have been anticipating my stop for quite some
time and would have been waiting to get off)
|
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It is an activity that can be enjoyed both inside as well as out,
thought the latter is by far more comfortable.
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I cannot refuse an invitation outside if my excuse is merely “I’m
reading.”
|
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WRITING
MORE:
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I am more confident in myself.
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Writing should not be done confidently, therefore I am doing it
wrong.
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I feel talented (enough).
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Talent, it so happens, is not so evenly/fairly distributed as I think
it is.
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I produce something entertain and moral.
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I fool myself into thinking that there are such things as literary
entertainment nowadays or morality.
|
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It gives me more hope concerning my future.
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If I continue to write I’ll most likely never have future prospects
beyond acidic fame, depression, poverty, alcoholism and lung cancer.
|
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SLEEPING
MORE:
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|
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I put my time to good use.
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I lose time which could be put to better use.
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EATING
MORE:
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I put my time to the best use of all.
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N/A
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As you can see, pro’s outweigh con’s by a landslide victory
of twelve to eleven, deeming my use of spare time both acceptable and, more
importantly, appropriate.
