Free Time? What's that?
Nov 23, 07:34 PM by Eric Allen
I was catching up a friend the other day, and we happened upon the topic of “free time.” Apparently he (and many others) have this thing called “free time.” As he put it, “it’s this time when you’re, like, ‘hmm, what could I be doing right now’ and then you go surf Wikipedia or something.” Huh?? I guess I’m just too insane to understand. See, my process is “hmm, what do I need to be doing right now? I’ll go check my GTD list. Oh, yeah, that.” and then I go do it. If I’m not being productive, I’m being deliberately unproductive: reading textbooks, reading fiction, surfing the latest tech news, etc. I have so much going on that I never have nothing to do!
What am I up to right now? Still working on the Mobile Studio Project I mentioned a few weeks ago, putting the finishing touches on RPI Planner, and trying to figure out what I’m doing this summer. I spent ten hours on Tuesday soldering boards together for the Mobile Studio, and I have a presentation tomorrow afternoon for RPI Planner. I got an email out of the blue from a Sun recruiter today for a position that almost perfectly matches my credentials! That’s on top of several other interesting leads I’m working on. What recession??
The fall semester is rapidly coming to an end for me. This whole late-Thanksgiving thing is really messing with my head. We only have one week of classes after we get back! With an extra three-day weekend for the opening of EMPAC, the fall semester marathon didn’t feel as bad, and now it’s over! I haven’t even figured out what I’m doing for winter break yet. Of course I’ll be back in the Bay Area, but what am I going to do with all of that time? I guess I have more time to work on projects.
For Thanksgiving I’m going down to New York City to hang with a couple of friends from middle school. Our three families are getting together back in California, too! It’ll be pretty low-key, but I’m excited to be seeing Jamie and Morgan for the first time in six months. I leave on Tuesday!
