Having free time is kinda crappy for one who's sole aim in life is to procrastinate. My problem lies in the transition moments. I can work out every day, but then I hem and haw and stretch and yawn and two hours later I still haven't gotten in the shower. What is up with that? If I had an assistant, let's call her Vera, then I would have someone tell me when is workout time and when is shower time. Otherwise I will work out, find out that Susan Sarandon is on the View in half an hour and gee, I would really like to see what ol Susan has been up to and then I can do 30 extra minutes on the rowing machine and who cares about time anyway because it is summer and where do I have to be later, that big line at the DMV? You see my point? No structure. No rules.I do get out of the house. Occasionally I will have a date or engagement or thing to do during the day, but the meantime has been filled with unproductive, mindless nonsense. Vera would keep me in line, I think.
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Right there with you. And yet I find myself resenting Vera. She doesn't seem to realize that when you've been under such a rigid schedule through the school year, you just need a chance to float for a while and let time take you where it will. Kind of like being a kid on summer break; not having to be ruled by clocks, calendars, and agendas. And, maybe, if she weren't so bossy, a summer structure would evolve naturally. It might have a slower rhythm - maybe that of waves crashing or crickets chirping or the rise and fall of a sleeping cat's chest. But who says that's not exactly the way it should be? So back off, Vera, and let Sarah do whatever it is Sarah wants to do.
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