Journal entries in 'Ruminations' for September, 2004

I realized today that I have access to an abundant, renewable resource that I'm just letting go to waste, and that is monotony. It suddenly struck me that it's already Friday - I thought it was still Wednesday or something. Weekdays pass by so quickly, since all I do is get up, watch TV for an hour or two, go to work for 10 hours, then sleep. The days pass without hardly noticing them. Thus far, the only way this effect has been observable has been in my bank account - I'm always shocked that I'm getting another paycheck so soon. Did two weeks really go by already? As a result, I always feel like I'm rolling in dough, when really, I don't have a particularly high salary.

It occured to me that I could put this psychological time contraction to greater use. I will try to establish regular habits, like going for a run when I get home from work, or practicing drums for a while after I get up. If I do this regularly enough, it will become absorbed into the mundane routine that I grow to ignore, and soon I should suddenly start noticing results and be amazed because it didn't seem like I'd been putting much effort into it. That's the plan, anyway.

Ahh, after letting my deviantART page stagnate for six months (my last posting was made March 1, 2004), I've finally started posting things again. Since so much time has passed, I've got quite a few images that I feel are worth posting - I posted about two thirds tonight, and I'll post the last few tomorrow.

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