bookworm1979
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Anyone else find it difficult to concentrate on things you enjoy doing simply because there isn't enough time to really delve into them? Most weekends I spend the entire two days at home; I do some housework, and most of the remaining time is spent reading and trying to learn new things...
My problem is I just can't focus enough on what I'm reading at the time because I'm always thinking, "well, maybe I should be reading that instead"...I guess I'm just too aware of how short life really is, and how there really isn't enough time to soak up a lot of knowledge...I really don't know why I even have such an insatiable thirst for knowledge nowadays, anyway, because I could barely pay attention in school, I was so bored most of the time...There's really no point to any of it, but it keeps me occupied...
I don't know, I just wish my time wasn't so consumed by work (but I'm VERY happy to have a job!), and, you know, sleep and things like that, LOL...Like today I was trying to teach myself the Russian alphabet for about half an hour during lunch at work, and I became so engrossed in it that I almost forgot to sign back in to start working again...I wish I could have more time to enjoy learning with that intensity, instead of constantly feeling distracted...
Of course, I have to remember the "Twilight Zone" episode where the bank clerk is always frustrated because he has no time to read, due to people always bothering him for something; one day nuclear annihilation occurs when he's in the giant bank vault; he's happy because he's the only person left alive and now he has time to read, but his glasses break and there's no one to fix them, so he's back to square one...I have to remember that too much of a good thing can be bad...
OK, ramble over...
My problem is I just can't focus enough on what I'm reading at the time because I'm always thinking, "well, maybe I should be reading that instead"...I guess I'm just too aware of how short life really is, and how there really isn't enough time to soak up a lot of knowledge...I really don't know why I even have such an insatiable thirst for knowledge nowadays, anyway, because I could barely pay attention in school, I was so bored most of the time...There's really no point to any of it, but it keeps me occupied...
I don't know, I just wish my time wasn't so consumed by work (but I'm VERY happy to have a job!), and, you know, sleep and things like that, LOL...Like today I was trying to teach myself the Russian alphabet for about half an hour during lunch at work, and I became so engrossed in it that I almost forgot to sign back in to start working again...I wish I could have more time to enjoy learning with that intensity, instead of constantly feeling distracted...
Of course, I have to remember the "Twilight Zone" episode where the bank clerk is always frustrated because he has no time to read, due to people always bothering him for something; one day nuclear annihilation occurs when he's in the giant bank vault; he's happy because he's the only person left alive and now he has time to read, but his glasses break and there's no one to fix them, so he's back to square one...I have to remember that too much of a good thing can be bad...
OK, ramble over...