You’re Super Busy? I’m Just a Little Bit Lazy

August 10, 2012 in Books, Entertainment, Film & TV, Health, Lifestyle, Mental Health, People, Self, Society, Technology, Work

I am of the view that people these days tend to take great pride in being “incredibly busy“. Working full time, while volunteering at a Save The Children’s Charity, playing on a champion netball team in your otherwise limited spare time, while renovating a house and serving on several charities seems to be the new “in thing“.  If I’m being brutally honest, the idea of committing myself to a whole raft of extra curricular and career pursuits makes me want to crawl into bed with a cup of tea and a book and not come out. When I was at [...]

The Spare-Time Paradox

June 7, 2012 in Home, Lifestyle, Society, Work

I’m someone who has a lot of spare-time. I work a job with regular hours, and only work a 4-day week. (In fact, I’m not even working at the moment, having taken a bunch of long service leave.) I don’t have kids, I’m not studying. Away from work, my time is pretty much my own. You might think I would have a lot of spare-time - in some ways, you’d be right…except it doesn’t feel spare to me. That’s the thing about spare-time. Once you have it, you don’t want to give it up…because then you’d no longer have any spare-time. [...]