Shiny qua non
Jun. 22nd, 2009 12:15 pmThe problem is that I'm completely distracted by shiny stuff. For instance (as you would otherwise be unaware of it), I am going to tell you that I just spent ten minutes between the previous sentence and this one reading over information about the new iPhone.
The shiny, I am powerless to resist it.
But it's the shiny's fault, really. It's always so tempting; so tantalising; so... emblematic of the sine qua non. Without my shiny, I am nothing.
Which isn't quite true.
At least, I hope not.
But there's always something, isn't there? Something you need to make you feel more complete or better-equipped or on the edge of breakthrough technology. Or something.
(Hmmm, too many somethings. Perhaps the shiny is short-circuiting my internal thesaurus...)
In my case, however, there's often a missing step. For instance: I want the published book to my name without the unfortunate necessity of having to write and edit it in the first place. Or I want the amazing new job without having to bother with applying and interviewing and impressing. No matter what I have, I always want something else, preferably right now.
From all of this, I can only conclude that I'm lazy and easily-distacted. I may need help.
The shiny, I am powerless to resist it.
But it's the shiny's fault, really. It's always so tempting; so tantalising; so... emblematic of the sine qua non. Without my shiny, I am nothing.
Which isn't quite true.
At least, I hope not.
But there's always something, isn't there? Something you need to make you feel more complete or better-equipped or on the edge of breakthrough technology. Or something.
(Hmmm, too many somethings. Perhaps the shiny is short-circuiting my internal thesaurus...)
In my case, however, there's often a missing step. For instance: I want the published book to my name without the unfortunate necessity of having to write and edit it in the first place. Or I want the amazing new job without having to bother with applying and interviewing and impressing. No matter what I have, I always want something else, preferably right now.
From all of this, I can only conclude that I'm lazy and easily-distacted. I may need help.
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