Michelle just informed me that I added 55 new appointments to our shared calendar in the past few weeks. Ashley thought it was funny that I'd parcelled out my Sunday into hour increments and only had 1.5 hours left to devote to the scrapbooking activity we planned months ago. Yesterday I forgot what month it was.
I call this technique circumvention.
cir·cum·vent
To go around; bypass.
To avoid or get around by artful maneuvering.
It certainly is "artful maneuvering". You think I've lost control -- that I've overbooked, double-booked, and rebooked until I just completely lost it. But oh, you're so wrong. You try to come up with 19 things to do on a Sunday with enough left over to give away every week day opening you have between now and March 4. (Note: nothing of importance is happening on March 4, that's just how far out my calendar stretches at this point. Note 2: I'm apparently free in April if you want to get together for tea or something.) I didn't lose it. I did it on purpose.
So what am I circumventing? My life, of course. I am on a mission to make myself so busy that I don't have to admit that I have no life. Yes, I see the irony in that. Is it possible to be so busy that you effectively circumvent your actual life? I'm currently writing a thesis on that very subject. It might not be possible, but I'm going to give it a go. I guarantee that nothing of true significance (that would signify the existence of an actual life) will happen to me by this time next year. If there is a significant event, I will write a retraction and burn my calendar.
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You could burn a smaller, free calendar in effigy.
You're absolutely right of course. It brings to mind the "Life is what happens while you're waiting" adage. I guess it's worth it to do the whole "what do I *actually* want to be doing?" worksheet?
I feel like something important is happening on March 4. Oh, wait, that's when we have brunch with Finity, right?
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