Top 10 ways we waste our time

When do we say we have wasted our time?
I believe when work done is zero, no matter how many newtons of force is applied, is when we have wasted our time. But what about the fact that we actually ‘tried’..well honey..it doesn’t even matter! I know it sounds uncouth, but thats not just me. You couldn’t complete the presentation on time, you couldn’t churn out the magical numbers by month end, you couldn’t save a dying relationship, you missed your flight, your kids went to school without having breakfast…end result zilch..so all we did to reach this point, even if it was missing it just by a breadth of a hair, is useless..waste of time (hence LHS=RHS!!) But still the fact is that we TRIED. Alright! Alright!…then there must be other things where we actually waste our time. Keeping aside the activity of looking out for misplaced things like specs on top of your head, I’ve listed all I could think of:
1) This tops my list, Waiting for a call from your beloved – Mmmm…dreamy? Get up moron! (smack in the head). That’s the worst way you can waste your time and if we see, talking to them in itself a waste of time, especially if it’s 19 hours and 34 mins (prove me wrong with the stats..ha!) out of a day. What did u have? What you did in the last 10 min? Missed me? Come on! Getta life!
2) Following a test match and India loses – you are too shocked to even move..more out of the realization that you wasted time on this(!) than being hurt on India losing. Now you know why we are such huge fans of 20-20. Our players won’t improve, so lets save ourselves the effort.
3) Channel hopping – hair spray that grows your hair back in ten days or money back guarantee plus 211 people corroborating that. Saas-bahu saga where everything moves at snail’s pace, you hop back and they are still staring (don’t know where)..trying to look worried or constipated with dramatic sound effects in the background. No movie can ever be caught from the beginning, and when you do, it was not worth your time. So a complete waste of time unless you know what to watch, even if that’s another piece of crap.
4) Walking – when we can drive or ride or hire or hijack! Sheer waste unless the intention is to lose a few pounds.
5) A few ‘cosmetic’ changes in your totally prepared report – I say this is the frustrate-them-enough-to-commit-suicide motto of anti-employee-bosses-rule association. When you are totally done with a report, complete with slides with hyperlinks and background in cornflower blue, that’s when your boss will say- can we break the ageing bucket of 60 to 90 into two or I think the data’s too revealing, lets cut first quarter figures. Its so painful (sob sob..)
6) Standing in the queues to pay bills – if u’re still doing it, pls switch to e-payments or rather don’t pay at all.
7) Making a list of debts you have to pay – chuck it coz you’ll never pay. So don’t make yourself feel like a thug.
8) Forwarding chain mails – that will bring you good luck, let you know how many true friends you have, every mail you forward will add a penny to operate 2 months old child heart and blah blah. Pls do yourself and others a favor. STOP IT.
9) Open book exams – examiner is so confident that even with books open everyone will flunk and students with the temptation don’t study at all and eventually fail (fan of irony?), so why conduct these except that it satiates one’s ego and grants another’s prayer for an official break from study (chill kar..open book hai!)
10) Writing honest feedback for a D-shaped suggestion box at the reception -- Leaving alone the risk that you may miss your flight for your over-indulgence, these are just another corporate initiatives to be adhered to by staff. Nobody reads them after initial fetish is over and even if they do, it’ll be finally used to wipe glasses panes (ever tried it? they do wonders!).

Naming a blog

Why would you name your blog 'license to abstraction' or 'frugal thoughts' or 'thats just my opinion'. Naming a blog is almost like naming your thought that inspired you to create one! I've noticed that i almost always carry a contrasting view or sentiment than others, about everthing, but not very comfortable with the idea of exposing it uninvited, so the blog seems alright. Also, I thought i must graduate from commenting on posts to create on for my self and i wish that people actually contibute to my ideas, which may seem juvenile or offending or narrow to some. And in my defence, Thats just one man's opinion!
Best of all..u choose which comment to keep...wat else do you want! Why so late? well i used to think its lame..people care to just write their own stuff than reading and responding to others and it just ends up becoming a one-way traffic. i have come across such brilliant blogs but they could find no responses..like one since it was posted on 12 feb 09..It is vexing as well. But anyway i'm giving it a shot (when ppl are flocking to twitter..late again am i?)...