Tuesday, February 03, 2009
I don't have the time
I rather hate that excuse. Everyone does it; not so much me because I hate it and thus, I make it a deliberate habit not to do it. Why does it irk me so much? I'll tell you why:
First of all, you DO have the time; you have plenty of time; even if at some point you really don't have the time, you still do. The fact is that there is just too much time in the day that's reserved for procrastination and pure wastage. Of course if you're too busy wasting time (we all do it) you won't find any time to do extra productive things.
It goes mainly regarding exercise. There are a few exercises that one can do to, more or less, maintain good health; however, that excuse always pops up. Then there are those who indulge in McDonalds for satiation--DISGUSTING.
Another point worth noting is that people who do this are perpetual at it. Chances are that if you make that excuse for one thing, you're likely to make that excuse for most things.
I think it's a pretty bad habit; not just for health purposes, but also for stability. It's one thing to make an exception every once in a while, but to do it perpetually changes it entirely.
I had more points to make, but I forget them.
That ends this post.
First of all, you DO have the time; you have plenty of time; even if at some point you really don't have the time, you still do. The fact is that there is just too much time in the day that's reserved for procrastination and pure wastage. Of course if you're too busy wasting time (we all do it) you won't find any time to do extra productive things.
It goes mainly regarding exercise. There are a few exercises that one can do to, more or less, maintain good health; however, that excuse always pops up. Then there are those who indulge in McDonalds for satiation--DISGUSTING.
Another point worth noting is that people who do this are perpetual at it. Chances are that if you make that excuse for one thing, you're likely to make that excuse for most things.
I think it's a pretty bad habit; not just for health purposes, but also for stability. It's one thing to make an exception every once in a while, but to do it perpetually changes it entirely.
I had more points to make, but I forget them.
That ends this post.
Comments:
didn't say it did. But if you think about it, eating unhealthily and/or not exercising because you "don't have the time" is incorrect thinking.
You make a good point, Gautam. I've noticed that even though I have tons of time now, I eat less healthy and exercise way less than I did when I was doing the MA and was crazy busy. Too bad (?) most ill effects of unhealthy habits are so delayed, otherwise we'd prioritize exercise/eating healthy at the top of our daily list right after "sleeping" and "drinking fluids", which are two things we could never get away with not doing for very long.
That's precisely it, Mai. It's really not about the time constraints, but perhaps lack of motivation. I know people are more likely to exercise or eat healthy when they've been diagnosed with diabetes or having the lung capacity of an 87-year-old woman ;). It takes a while for the effects to sink in and then it becomes a serious uphill battle to maintain one's health.
I'd have read this post, but I don't really have the time at the moment. I need to go get some food so I can continue pretending to look for articles on Adsorption because I wasted time reading PHD comcis -- I'll probably stop by McDonalds to save time so that I can continue doing what I do.
I`m offended that you consider reading PhD comics a waste of time. PhD comics is something that all people who need their brains in working condition should make time for. Even if one has no immediate, urgent reason for reading PhD comics other than general good mental health, not reading them will lead one to someday regret it when one discovers the low quality of life that inevitably results from missing out on PhD's fortifying story arcs and wholesome characters. And by then, one would have way too many comic strips to catch up on and even less time to waste.
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