Teenage Lessons
I have long been disabused of making New Year's resolutions, yet I have not stopped experimenting in other ways in which to make life more interesting. I recently decided to try living my life in the manner of my teenage son. What does this entail? Simply put, my generation grew up with the simple attitude that we should be responsible, and take care of work. On the other hand, my son's generation thinks that they should be responsible and take care of play. I am beginning to see the subtle wisdom in this. Over the past week, I decided to plan a few things to do, keeping items that did not have immediate deadlines strictly off the list. Then I decided that I would finish these things off very quickly so as to make sure the more important "play time" could be accessed as soon as possible. I have been getting my day's work done in about half the time it usually would have taken me. And I am greatly enjoying my "hard-earned" play time. In short, by not fini...