Tag: Making the most of your time

Beyond the Trees

Your one thing

Posted on by Karac Avalron

Have you done it yet? Have you figured out what makes you happy? I don’t mean the standard “family, kids, my home” everyone says that. I mean you, what makes you happy? Is it miniature golf? Do you collect old pocket watches? Do you wear 1950’s clothing?

Something outside of the norm makes you happy. Me? I like to game. I know “he’s a 50-year-old gamer, GG boomer” I’ve heard it all. Yet, I have been gaming since 1983, longer than most gamers have been alive. Is it a waste of time? Not for me. Is it a silly hobby? Not for me. See I have something outside the norm that makes me happy. I know what it is, I am comfortable with it and most importantly I make time for it.

It’s time to go out on a limb and find your one thing.

How about you? What’s your one odd thing? The time is now, stop screwing around attempting to measure up to whatever the societal norm is today. Everyone has that one thing they think is cool that they keep within themselves and don’t reveal to others. It’s time to let it out and start investing time into it.

No one else is going to come along and do this for you. You have to be honest with yourself, no matter what this “thing” is. Maybe it’s a kink? Maybe it’s wearing horrible shoes? Stop hiding, let yourself out. Let yourself have fun, let yourself do that one thing more. Some examples:

  1. A coworker of mine breeds snakes
  2. My niece every year plays a character at a medieval renaissance fair
  3. My wife does stain glass
  4. My friend Shane collects Wrestling Memorabilia
  5. The football coach in my town is part of a Mazda Miata owners club

Time is slipping away, what’s your one thing?

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Shakespeare & Time

Posted on by Karac Avalron

“When I do count the clock that tells the time,
And see the brave day sunk in hideous night;
When I behold the violet past prime,
And sable curls all silvered o’er with white;
When lofty trees I see barren of leaves
Which erst from heat did canopy the herd,
And summer’s green all girded up in sheaves
Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard,
Then of thy beauty do I question make
That thou among the wastes of time must go,
Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake
And die as fast as they see others grow;
And nothing ‘gainst Time’s scythe can make defence
Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.”

Sonnet 12: When I do count the clock that tells the time by William Shakespeare

Do you know old English? Do you understand the gist of the poem? Like many great writers of antiquity, you can often find the point encapsulated in one clear sentence.

“And nothing ‘gainst Time’s scythe can make defence”

Time is the most precious commodity in the world. Its “scythe” cuts us all down eventually. We have no choice but to succumb to its inevitability. The key is what do you do with the time you have? The beauty of poetry is like music, it can mean different things to different people depending on personal circumstances.

You might be young, in your world, there is plenty of time. You might be old, in your world time might be running out. The worst part is no one knows when the scythe will make its death stroke. When will the harvest be collected? You are the harvest, how you grow yourself is paramount to using your time effectively to make a better life.

The clock continues to click, are you wasting time, or is time wasting you?