Wasting time.

Wasting time, much frowned upon in modern society is actually not that bad,

For when you waste something are you not asserting that you have so much of it that you can afford to throw it away?

I am proud and lucky to be so time rich that I can let it slip through my fingers as if nothing. This is a mind set, and why shouldn't we waste time?

First of all its a bit of a misnomer, 'waste' is the wrong word, but it helps to illustrate my previous economic example. I'm happy to 'waste' time if it involves making silly things, playing with cardboard, experimenting, discussing philosophies with friends, reading novels, forging bonds, making cookies etc..

But! They say..
Shouldn't you be making a living?

Yes, but what IS a living?
A living, is living to a degree you are comfortable with. The more you own, car, house, cable tv etc. The more of a living you have to make, the less time you can afford to waste. But essentially, you are making a living, so that when you're done you can go to the living you've made and enjoy your time, however it may be: play with it, chat, create, enjoy, all these things which a content and happy time waster is actually doing already anyway.

Michael Ende, John Lennon and I agree: Time enjoyed is never ever time wasted.

There will be plenty of time leftover to make a home, create things, sell them, study, forge a career etc etc, later, it happens, organically, but to force it, to feel guilty about not being productive, is bad for the spirit. Feel no shame when being idle! And always rest on the Sabbath!

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