“Torn between Productivity and Rest”

by John Go-Soco

Sometimes, I hate being idle.

No projects in the works, no essays to write, no friends to entertain, no chores to complete, no exciting events to attend, and no one to wake me from my deep slumber.

Deathly quiet, Unchanging, Lifeless.

A condition of being a student (or a simple human) is finding a balance between being high on adrenaline and coffee (my definition of “productive”) and being asleep (my definition of “rest”). Everyone has to find that perfect balance on his/her own, in his/her own way (or so the fortune cookie told me). Personally, I have not found that balance yet, and probably, won’t find it anytime soon. And that is okay. Currently, I define my perfect balance to those curious of my reply as chaos. And after some frowning (even I have only a vague idea of what I mean by chaos), some proceed to inquire how that is working out for me. I am happy to explain that sometimes a chaotic balance is a good thing, and at other times – I wish it were different. This, naturally, does not satisfy their inquiries as sufficiently as they would have liked but by then I’m already distracted by the sun glinting off a pen and they carry on with their lives, leaving me to contemplate if procrastination is an option that day.

 

Peaceful, Silent & Still.

No projects in the works, no essays to write, no friends to entertain, no chores to complete, no exciting events to attend, and no one to wake me from my deep slumber.

At times, I love being still.

-L.L.L.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  by Kim

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