October 27, 2003
Time and tide wait for no man
There have been quite a few times recently when I've thought to myself that I could really do with an extra hour in the day. However yesterday pretty much put lie to that - it didn't help at all in the end. Of course that may be because I used my extra hour to wallow luxiously in bed rather than actually attempting anything constructive.
Today, though, my sin of sloth caught up with me. My project at work is behind schedule (it's been tantalisingly close to being finished for what seems like an age, and will probably still be tantalisingly close to being finished for some time yet) and my manager started dropping broad hints about it. Hints like "can't you stay late or work weekends to get it finished." Bleh.
I know I shouldn't begrudge staying late at work to finish off a project. But I do. I covet my time outside of work, even if I'm doing nothing more than lying in bed or vegging out in front of the tv. It's my time. Mine. Every last solitary second of it.
Still, I suppose it would behoove me to share my time once in while...
Sigh.
Thought iMark at October 27, 2003 11:48 PM | TrackBackWallowing luxuriously in bed IS constructive, goddammit! It's why God invented sprung mattresses (or helped someone else invent them, at least). Once you have experienced the dubious honour of having small children the weight of large bowling balls ambush you by jumping on your bladder in the early hours, you are never free to enjoy a luxurious wallow again. Fear is a terrible thing. So wallow luxuriously, do it for those of us who cannot. Do it BECAUSE YOU CAN. And your work isn't going anywhere so tell your manager to stick that in his time management wall scheduler and smoke it. Or words to that effect. (You can tell I'm taking this terribly personally, can't you?)
Posted by: Foots at October 28, 2003 05:47 AMThe correct answer to "can't you stay late at work to finish it ?" is "No" or "When you start paying overtime" or "studies show trying to work more than 40 hours a week on average is counterproductive".
Posted by: simon at October 28, 2003 08:38 PM To echo Foots' comment above, the human world (especially the workforce) needs to experience some amount of vicarious pleasure. It is incumbent upon those who have the opportunity and motivation to wallow, indulge, luxuriate, tweek the boss(es)'s nose(s), skip town on little or no notice, or just generally escape the bounds of daily life when possible. Besides personal and vicarious enjoyment, the demonstration of such escape routes & procedures is vitally important to today's safety-conscious society.
So, keep sleeping the good sleep.