More Fun Than You Really Wanted, part III of V

[Don Coyote]

Three of my oldest friends are just like this.  

[The Good Reverend Roger]

great OP.. I find myself wrestling with this issue. I go on a lot more adventures than most people I know, but I do still find myself losing entire weeks of my life to the latest video game. I am not really pushing myself as hard as I could be pushing to climb the career ladder, but I am still skeptical that I'm on the right ladder anyway.

Taking a 2-3 week sanity break is one thing.  Basing your whole life on it is another.

true, but where's the line? How can I tell if I'm TOO deep in the cracks between the couch cushions? How can I know if I'm pushing myself hard enough?

On Sunday, ask yourself if you actually enjoyed the previous week.  You'll know.

Simple and effective! I feel like that was staring me in the face. See, this is why I come to you for advice.

That's what we Holy Men™ are for.

It works, too.  I've found myself answering, "No, I played Disciples II all fucking weekend, and now I'm still bored AND I have a crick in my neck."

[Eater of Clowns]

This series has teeth so far, Roger, and this one was a great example to bring it home.  It plays on insecurities that everyone has - self actualization, productivity, slack vs. laziness, expectation, potential, wasted lives.  Poor Cramulon is in tears, and if that isn't a productive individual what with his projects and his activities, then I don't know what is.  Though I suppose that's for him to decide.

I would now like to address the vicious lies being spread about me.  Brutal, nasty, DISPROPORTIONATE LIMBS?!  All entirely accurate, actually, and thank you.     Short?  Sir, I come from a family of giants!  I am 6'0" at a slouch, a full two inches taller when I see fit to draw to my full height (an effect much like a cobra, with those flappy-things on the sides of its head)!  I have been called many things in my life - little, even, might be accurate for the gangly and spindly nature of my form, but short?  Short!?  Never.  Never!

[Adios]

This series has teeth so far, Roger, and this one was a great example to bring it home.  It plays on insecurities that everyone has - self actualization, productivity, slack vs. laziness, expectation, potential, wasted lives.  Poor Cramulon is in tears, and if that isn't a productive individual what with his projects and his activities, then I don't know what is.  Though I suppose that's for him to decide.

I would now like to address the vicious lies being spread about me.  Brutal, nasty, DISPROPORTIONATE LIMBS?!  All entirely accurate, actually, and thank you.     Short?  Sir, I come from a family of giants!  I am 6'0" at a slouch, a full two inches taller when I see fit to draw to my full height (an effect much like a cobra, with those flappy-things on the sides of its head)!  I have been called many things in my life - little, even, might be accurate for the gangly and spindly nature of my form, but short?  Short!?  Never.  Never!

Frodo!!! Hi!

[The Good Reverend Roger]

This series has teeth so far, Roger, and this one was a great example to bring it home.  It plays on insecurities that everyone has - self actualization, productivity, slack vs. laziness, expectation, potential, wasted lives.  Poor Cramulon is in tears, and if that isn't a productive individual what with his projects and his activities, then I don't know what is.  Though I suppose that's for him to decide.

I would now like to address the vicious lies being spread about me.  Brutal, nasty, DISPROPORTIONATE LIMBS?!  All entirely accurate, actually, and thank you.     Short?  Sir, I come from a family of giants!  I am 6'0" at a slouch, a full two inches taller when I see fit to draw to my full height (an effect much like a cobra, with those flappy-things on the sides of its head)!  I have been called many things in my life - little, even, might be accurate for the gangly and spindly nature of my form, but short?  Short!?  Never.  Never!

Don't listen to a word of it, people.  He wears platform shoes and a traffic cone under his wig.

Also, yeah.  I figured that the people who DON'T have to worry about being a drone would be the only ones that would worry.

[Don Coyote]

This series has teeth so far, Roger, and this one was a great example to bring it home.  It plays on insecurities that everyone has - self actualization, productivity, slack vs. laziness, expectation, potential, wasted lives.  Poor Cramulon is in tears, and if that isn't a productive individual what with his projects and his activities, then I don't know what is.  Though I suppose that's for him to decide.

I would now like to address the vicious lies being spread about me.  Brutal, nasty, DISPROPORTIONATE LIMBS?!  All entirely accurate, actually, and thank you.     Short?  Sir, I come from a family of giants!  I am 6'0" at a slouch, a full two inches taller when I see fit to draw to my full height (an effect much like a cobra, with those flappy-things on the sides of its head)!  I have been called many things in my life - little, even, might be accurate for the gangly and spindly nature of my form, but short?  Short!?  Never.  Never!

Don't listen to a word of it, people.  He wears platform shoes and a traffic cone under his wig.

Also, yeah.  I figured that the people who DON'T have to worry about being a drone would be the only ones that would worry.

So the fact that I didn't worry means I should worry? Great you got me worrying about not worrying.

[Cramulus]

great OP.. I find myself wrestling with this issue. I go on a lot more adventures than most people I know, but I do still find myself losing entire weeks of my life to the latest video game. I am not really pushing myself as hard as I could be pushing to climb the career ladder, but I am still skeptical that I'm on the right ladder anyway.

Taking a 2-3 week sanity break is one thing.  Basing your whole life on it is another.

true, but where's the line? How can I tell if I'm TOO deep in the cracks between the couch cushions? How can I know if I'm pushing myself hard enough?

On Sunday, ask yourself if you actually enjoyed the previous week.  You'll know.

Simple and effective! I feel like that was staring me in the face. See, this is why I come to you for advice.

That's what we Holy Men™ are for.

It works, too.  I've found myself answering, "No, I played Disciples II all fucking weekend, and now I'm still bored AND I have a crick in my neck."

I'm still thinking about this

joy is a good measuring stick for quality of life

but should we be considering more than hedonistic fulfillment?

[Triple Zero]

I'm worry about similar things as Cram. Except I think, wtf is Cram worrying about he's going on adventures all the time! Worried whether these sorts of descriptions apply to me. I was born with a shitload of advantages, and often it feels like I did piss away a lot of time. Not because of partying or laziness, but because at some point I couldn't hold grip on my life anymore (or maybe I never really did) and everything started slipping. I vowed never to stop trying or fighting until I got "it" back, I'm not sure where I am now, I think I must have made some progress, but it's cost me a decade so far.

And like LMNO said, I know, as long as I'm asking myself these kinds of questions and at least sincerely try to stay on top of everything, I'm probably good.

But I also know, from what Roger said, there's something wrong, cause I'm not really enjoying myself, or enjoying the ride.

Okay that sounds a lot more emo than it should, sorry I would word it differently, but it's what bugs me, every day.

[Cramulus]

the thing is, I am not yet my ideal self, and I'm not sure fun is what's missing from the equation

perhaps I am not the target audience of this great sermon?

ah ho,

wio

[The Good Reverend Roger]

great OP.. I find myself wrestling with this issue. I go on a lot more adventures than most people I know, but I do still find myself losing entire weeks of my life to the latest video game. I am not really pushing myself as hard as I could be pushing to climb the career ladder, but I am still skeptical that I'm on the right ladder anyway.

Taking a 2-3 week sanity break is one thing.  Basing your whole life on it is another.

true, but where's the line? How can I tell if I'm TOO deep in the cracks between the couch cushions? How can I know if I'm pushing myself hard enough?

On Sunday, ask yourself if you actually enjoyed the previous week.  You'll know.

Simple and effective! I feel like that was staring me in the face. See, this is why I come to you for advice.

That's what we Holy Men™ are for.

It works, too.  I've found myself answering, "No, I played Disciples II all fucking weekend, and now I'm still bored AND I have a crick in my neck."

I'm still thinking about this

joy is a good measuring stick for quality of life

but should we be considering more than hedonistic fulfillment?

Obviously.  Having a hangover from Saturday night to Monday morning isn't exactly accomplishing anything.

If, for example, I get 10 pages knocked out in a weekend, I'm feeling good.  If I get out and get the City under my feet, likewise.

[P3nT4gR4m]

to this whole thread!

Ask yourself this - if they made a movie or a video game out of your life would you rush out and buy it?

If the answer is no then the chances are you need to lay off movies and video games for a while.

[Adios]

to this whole thread!

Ask yourself this - if they made a movie or a video game out of your life would you rush out and buy it?

If the answer is no then the chances are you need to lay off movies and video games for a while.

I honestly don't know. But looking back at the actual productive part of my life I feel pretty smug with a couple of regrets. What's done id done and if I look back too long I will probably walk into a brick wall or something.

[LMNO]

Dude, you wrote a frickin' book about your life.  If you just keep on keeping on the way you have, you'll be fine.

[Adios]

Dude, you wrote a frickin' book about your life.  If you just keep on keeping on the way you have, you'll be fine.

There's the trick, isn't it? Worry about today, tomorrow will take care of itself.

[P3nT4gR4m]

I find myself getting to an age where it doesn't all have to be as fast-paced, wild and generally fucked up as it did in the past but, at the same time, there's still a lot of really dangerous places I need to explore and try and drag my ass through in one piece. I just hope the old bones hold up long enough