Project ‘Get More Free Time’ is underway!
Tonight I stepped down from the HOA board of directors. What a relief that was. Earlier this week I deleted my Twitter account. I also stopped logging meals on MyFitnessPal. I still haven’t been on Facebook and don’t plan on it until 10/15. Even then it will only be for a short time. I’ve been so much happier without it.
I’ve still been fairly busy, but things should start slowing down now. I also decided not to try dating again because that’s another time suck I don’t need, at least not for a good long while.
Reasons Not To Date
- Online dating is soul-crushing.
- Ghosting is rampant because no one has any backbone or respect for other people anymore.
- Too many men want only sex.
- Too many men refuse to wear condoms and we have a fucking STD epidemic in this country (Syphilis in particular in my area). Gross. Just… no.
- Everyone only wants to eat dinner, have drinks, then have sex (without a condom). They never want to do anything else.
- The aforementioned gets too expensive (especially the STD testing) and involves too many calories.
- Too many single men my age are fresh out of long-term relationships and are either looking for a replacement for the woman who dumped them or the opposite of the one they dumped. They have no idea what they really want.
- Not enough men have sufficient self respect, drive, and ambition. They have no desire to improve themselves, but they expect women to be a certain height, weight, and level of education and activity.
- I either fall too hard too fast and scare them off, or the reverse happens. There never seems to be a balance of attraction between me and anyone.
- Dating always feels too much like a chore and an imposition on my time.
So what am I doing with my time? I get up early! My alarm goes off at 4:30am. I roll out of bed around 5-5:30, and either go for a run in my neighborhood or to the gym. I have a training plan I’m trying to stick with. Then I go to work. I show up there around 8-8:15. I get off at 5-5:15. If it’s a Monday or Wednesday I go home, get Dylan, and take him to school. I wait there at the school while he’s in class, until 8:20. Then we go home and I go to bed. In the evening I cook dinner, clean the litter box, and do the dishes. Thursday nights are for grocery shopping. Friday nights are for household chores (to free up the weekend). Saturday mornings are long runs. Sundays are free/rest days.
It’s not as if I suddenly have a lot more free time. In fact, Tuesdays are my only free weekday evenings at home now. I’m just trying to use what time I do have more wisely. Rather than being on social media during my lunch I’m reading, stretching in the gym at work, or going for walks. While I wait for Dylan at school, I read. Evenings at home, I blog and read.
Speaking of which, I’m going to go read now. I’m almost done with my second book this month! 🙂