Aug. 29th, 2009

phoenix: ink-and-watercolour drawing -- girl looking calmly over her shoulder (Default)
Instead of searching for something to do that will satisfy me (a good goal, but so far one that hasn't delivered any gold), here's a list of things I do that do not satisfy me:
(Some of these satisfy me briefly - as in, while I'm doing them, I'm not dissatisfied. But it's shallow, like channel-surfing, not enriching.)

- Eating the same thing all the time
- Staying up late and wishing I hadn't
- Spending time at work reloading pages on the internet
- Spending hours every evening waiting for someone to speak on IRC
- Spending hours reading my friends page and blogs elsewhere
- Reading hundreds of blog posts every day
- Starting programming tutorials and not getting farther than the first few chapters
- Beating myself up for not being a better ___
- Thinking about how I have not fulfilled my potential
- Living in an untidy room
- Wearing the same clothes/styles of clothes all of the time
- Wearing uncomfortable shoes
- Looking weary and plain
- Doing the same thing at work every day
- Doing work with no challenge, that no longer requires thought


Some things that do satisfy me:
- Actively talking with people online and off
- Taking photographs and looking at the results
- Writing (while I'm doing it)
- Engaged reading
- Walking through parts of the city I'm not familiar with
- Going to parts of it I'm fond of
- Watching seagulls wash in the liffey
- Trying new things
- Showing someone something I've accomplished
- Finding the root of a problem or unpleasant thought
- Doing anything well and fluently
- Explaining something and discovering that I know what I'm talking about
- Doing exams when I'm reasonably familiar with the material
- Finding information for myself or someone else
- Being absorbed in a narrative - a dream, a book, a daydream, a game

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