Free Days

Posted Feb. 9, 2006 - Written Sept. 6, 2003

I have the whole day... every day! What would you do if you could do whatever you wanted every day? What would you do if you were free from working a job? I would do all the things that I couldn't do if I had a job! Like working out, meditating, writing music that I like, not only for making $$. I would read to my heart's content. I would program and call friends and visit family. How do I make sure to do all this? Do I need a schedule? Would that defeat the purpose of being free? Well, the problem is that if I don't have something planned, I end up wasting the day doing nothing but surfing the web and driving around! A schedule make me feel trapped though. And it leads to feelings of inadequacy when I inevitably fail to follow the schedule. So what to do? I want to accomplish these things! Well, if you want to accomplish them, then there's only one way.. by doing it! I don't care if it's by schedule, by mere remembering at random times, by making each day of the week a specific chore-day or whatever. You just have to do it if you want it done. Do you want to be Thich Nhat Hanh? Then be him.