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November 12, 2005
Life without e-mail
What with the promise of no e-mail for three days [muffled shriek], Bleeding Edge is going to have to think of other things to do to fill in time over the weekend. Obviously they'll have to be calming things, because, you know, Monday is going to be hell. Having to handle three days of email, when you get as many as we do, can be quite stressful.
Fortunately, Fortune magazine had some advice for countering stress: " 30-minute aerobic workouts done three to five times a week cut depressive symptoms by 50%... in YOUNG ADULTS". Hmm. Nothing about older adults. Don't these editors realise that young adults don't read their publications? Or much of anything else, for that matter? If they're to maintain their circulations, they're far better off running articles that help keep the old fogeys alive. Anyway, what with bike commuting and table tennis, we're already getting more than enough exercise.
We thought we might do some reading. At Lifehacker we discovered that our reading habits are particularly unproductive. It referred us to a "quick and dirty strategy for reading when time is short". But that made us feel depressed, and rebellious, and in need of another bike ride.
Instead we dropped in to the book shop and picked up a copy of Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore, which we're about to start reading. We'll let you know if we pick up any productivity tips from it.
Posted by cw at November 12, 2005 09:26 AM
Comments
I don't think Kafka on the Shore will do much for creating a calm state of mind...
Posted by: Virginia at November 12, 2005 12:41 PM
Perhaps you're right ... "bold exploration of mythic and contemporary taboos, of patricide, of mother-love, of sister-love ... cats converse with people; fish tumble from the sky" etc. Seems to me to be a perfect replacement for reading e-mail.
Posted by: cw at November 12, 2005 03:00 PM
Posted by: anandasim at November 13, 2005 11:54 AM