Seth Godin posted this on his blog today:
“Wasting time is not a waste
In fact, wasting time is a key part of our lives.
Wasting time poorly is a sin, because not only are you forgoing the productivity, generosity and art that comes from work, but you’re also giving up the downtime, experimentation and joy that comes from wasting time.
If you’re going to waste time (and I hope you will) the least you can do is do it well.”
Lately, I have been obsessed with time and how it is spent. Godin also wrote a book called “The Dip” where he argued that it was wise to give up activities which drew attention away from activities you could be great at.
For someone like me, who is an experimenter, tinckerer and all around Fxxxabout, it’s hard sometime to see how my dreams, goals, and fancies all workout to form some big picture. I guess that is just part of being human.
Posted on August 13, 2011
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