On first examination one would think that these two concepts were at complete odds with one another. I find from recent personal experience that that is not the case at all. I have been so busy, with work, spring house maintenance and other inelegant chores, and yet none of these really has the power to capture my full mental attention. They have only enough to distract to a level that makes deep thought and concentration difficult, hence the aforementioned boredom.
I want to do and try so many things. For instance, I attended the first lecture of a free online class on economics and will take time to work through the entire semester. This is a great benefit of the internet. There are many free online classes, I've found. You don't, of course, receive a degree, however if you are curious and would like to learn something, there is value in the knowing. Don't think that being free the classes are lower quality, either. The one I started was from U.C. Berkeley.
The other shining exemption from boredom if not busyness is that I have taken up weight training. While extremely inelegant (it is difficult to sweat elegantly) I find it extremely satisfying as well as challenging. There is more to it than one would suspect from the outside looking in. There is, obviously, the workout itself and the time that takes. There is also the studying and formulating the workout routine to meet current goals and fit in the available time. Overall I have found it to be surprisingly enjoyable and plan to continue.
I am off for now, dear reader. I will try not to let so much time slip by before my next post!
Jusqu'à notre prochaine rencontre,
C.R.
