So much time, so little to do…
Strike that - reverse it.
Anybody else out there experiencing an odd paradox of spare time? I’m a few years shy of 60 and increasingly aware of the closing window which faces us all. I still very much “think” and feel (relatively) young, but approaching 60 makes me ponder where I was around 30, what I experienced in all the years before and since, and the stark realization that I almost certainly don’t have 30 years left.
I have a TON of interests and half-baked hobbies - things I’d love to do if I had enough free time and motivation. [Side note, kinda realized recently that I’m ADHD/ish and wonder what might have been different with a diagnosis/intervention. Separate post maybe…]
There is just so much great music/movies/series/theater to take in, natural wonders to see, home projects to address, viral food posts to try, books I’d like to write, friends & family to keep up with, dumpster fires to resist/put out [*gestures widely*], etc., etc., etc.
Then there this invasive piece of silicon & circuits in my hand that more often than not becomes the default “activity.” Shoulda kept my vow to get a flip-phone instead of grabbing the free iPh deal last winter.
If you feel/felt the same, what do/did you do?