On being fortunate, and things to do
Saw this on Slashdot. Food for thought. If you are rich enough to be posting on slashdot, you should have the resources to do all sorts of non-boring things. For example, here are things I have/do that Kings did not only a thousand years ago:
fresh fruit all year (all sorts, yum yum)
central heating / air conditioning
cold drinks (refrigeration)
effective medecine
expect my children to survive to adulthood
music all the time (kings did have live muscians)
Movies, videos
lots of books
cruise ships
jets planes
public transportation
cars
radio (TV sucks - cancel your cable and spend the time playing more real life)
Even with a crappy job you have it good. Is anyone actively trying to kill you? Are you in danger of starving to death? If not, stop whinning and get out and do something!
Life is as interesting as you care to make it. Get off your butt and do something.
A few things I do, to make life more interesting:
Draw and paint (acrylic, easy to clean up, dries fast)
Learing piano (I really suck so far)
Programming (did a commercial video game years ago, do it for work, and dabble with directX)
tutoring (math and programming). Teaching is very rewarding.
floor hockey
roller blading
swimming
hiking
parenting
picnics (I don't actually ever go camping)
Writing, short stories, letters to the editor, book reviews (I have collected a few rejection notices for my short fiction. You can too.)
Passive spectator (movies, concerts, etc...)
Most people have to work, but that still leaves lots of time to pursue many interesting real life interests.
fresh fruit all year (all sorts, yum yum)
central heating / air conditioning
cold drinks (refrigeration)
effective medecine
expect my children to survive to adulthood
music all the time (kings did have live muscians)
Movies, videos
lots of books
cruise ships
jets planes
public transportation
cars
radio (TV sucks - cancel your cable and spend the time playing more real life)
Even with a crappy job you have it good. Is anyone actively trying to kill you? Are you in danger of starving to death? If not, stop whinning and get out and do something!
Life is as interesting as you care to make it. Get off your butt and do something.
A few things I do, to make life more interesting:
Draw and paint (acrylic, easy to clean up, dries fast)
Learing piano (I really suck so far)
Programming (did a commercial video game years ago, do it for work, and dabble with directX)
tutoring (math and programming). Teaching is very rewarding.
floor hockey
roller blading
swimming
hiking
parenting
picnics (I don't actually ever go camping)
Writing, short stories, letters to the editor, book reviews (I have collected a few rejection notices for my short fiction. You can too.)
Passive spectator (movies, concerts, etc...)
Most people have to work, but that still leaves lots of time to pursue many interesting real life interests.
Mmmm.
Posted at 2003-07-14 04:20:25 by Richard • Link to On being fortunate…
