July 24, 2007
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Life is automatically filled with certain activities that all of us are bound to do. Inescapably, we will spend so many hours sleeping, driving, eating, and going through our everyday habits. Thus, it is in the moments when we have nothing to do that we find out who we really are. When there is nothing to do, what do you do? Freedom is maximized in the moment where no obligations exist. We ought to be firmly curious about our desires in that moment, and how we spend that time, for it indicates something more real than when we do things out of necessity.
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I sit quietly and watch people and time pass. It’s beautiful.
i love how you write. i sense so much truth to it.
I make me wish I was intelligent.
What if you have nothing to do, and can’t figure out what you should be doing?
Perhaps so, but I think that the ability to enjoy what we do out of necessity is one to be treasured and developed.
I tend to ponder things silently when I have nothing to do. I will start thinking through an economic theory I read about and try to find flaws in it, or internally analyze an idea I am trying to develop.