06.13 PRODUCTIVE IDLENESS

I'm terrible at relaxing. To make matters worse, a few hours break to myself seems rare these days. When I do block of some time, I turn geekish and read; but I've grown restless and lately seem to fill my free time with chores, errands and tasks that seem 'productive'. I've managed to break down reading into a chapter-by-chapter objective which gives it a sense of productiveness. Productive idleness. Whatever works. I threw a blanket down on the common, then threw myself on the blanket with a coffee and my book and met my quota of non-fiction done for the day. Would have read the paper, but front pages were splattered with accounts of last night's England-US game, and I've certainly met my quota of football for the weekend.