"The person you will spend the most time with in your life is yourself, so you better make yourself as interesting as possible!" There was no name attributed to this quote. It seems that it was really popular on Twitter a while ago, but no one took credit for it. Which is kind of good in a way.
As for the quote, it's interesting in its own sort of way if you think about it. I mean it's true that you can never really escape yourself, but at the same time, I am sure many people find the things they do in their spare time interesting. If they don't, then why do them? Secondly, although I may find the things I do interesting, that may not hold true for other people. In fact, I am quite certain that many people would find my life boring. The things I like to do, are usually not considered interesting by most people. For instance, one year I decided to do 100 push ups a day, just to see if I could do it (I could). In fact, it got to the point that I did more than 100 push ups a day, just because I got bored with only doing 100 and because I would go to my karate class, and we usually did push ups there as well. Other things I have done for fun is to read at least one book a week every week. There too, I ended up reading more than a book a week. Most years, I would end up reading seventy to one hundred books. I love to learn, and I love to stay busy! Nowadays, writing takes up a lot of my time as well. I write for a living, and I likely write about 250 reports a year professionally. On top of that, I also write posts for this blog five days a week. That adds about another 260 posts to the 250 I already write. I also write other things when the whim hits me, so I likely write nearly 600 pages a year. Like I said, I think most people would find me boring. I work from home and usually only venture out to go to the dojo or to take my daughters out to do something fun. So do I find myself interesting? That in itself is an interesting question. I guess I'd say that I find the things that I read, write and do interesting, but I think mainly most people would find what I do boring. Hopefully, you find my writing interesting. If not, then how the heck did you make it this far into my blog post? No grand revelations tonight. Just an interesting quote that no one was willing to take credit for, that got me thinking about how I perceive myself... and then how others may perceive me. I have done a lot in my life. I have done some traveling. Enough to know that I have found where I want to be. And, if some day I find that I am not where I want to be, I have no qualms about moving. One thing I do miss on occasion, is a good conversation with someone I don't know well. I used to get these at work. Now, I have interesting conversations with my daughters, my Mom or my sister, but that's about it. At karate, I have a tendency to focus on what we are doing, so many of my conversations there are short and cordial. On occasion, I'd love to get into a long and weird conversation. If any of you like to talk about weird things, shoot me an email with an odd topic and maybe we can trade some emails. Since I don't know who reads these posts... other than my daughters and my sister, it could make for an amusing time. Send them here. Given I do not know how many of you will respond to that request, I will only say that if you send me an email, I will try to reply within the week. Naturally, the less that come in, the quicker I will be able to reply.
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