Lifestyle Musings

I've been thinking a lot recently about how much time I waste being unproductive. I spend hours playing video games and watching TV. I like to think that I watch less TV than your average person, but recently that hasn't been the case. I've been indulging in Venture Brothers, South Park and Entourage... There are others I'd like to watch as well, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, to name a couple.

I want to spend more of my time doing things like learning how to play guitar, writing manuals and honing my writing skills. I spend so much of my time wasting away. It's a very bad habit.

While in Japan there are so many productive things to do. You can learn origami, taiko (Japanese drums) and Japanese language. Its a great language to learn, lots of fun, because of how different it is from English. Also martial arts are very popular in Japan, Aikido, Judo and Karate are practiced everywhere.

While I was in Japan, I did a few of these things, but not nearly as much as I should have. I just watched the time go by. Now I'm back home in Vancouver and I don't want to let the same thing happen again. Learning something new keeps things interesting - we have to keep learning new things if we want to live long lives. I'm a firm believer that an active brain will keep your body active as well. My dad is almost 73 years old; and he looks as young as ever.

I'll be lucky if I ever reach his age and attain his level of virility.