Anthony Bourdain once said “There’s a guy in my head, and all he wants to do is lay in bed all day long, smoke pot, and watch old movies and cartoons. My life is a series of strategems, to avoid, and outwit that guy”. Who is “that guy” for you, and what do you do to avoid him?
Real talk: I don’t think there’s anything wrong with laying in bed all day long smoking pot and watching cartoons. If that’s what you want to do with your life, go for it. Life is for enjoying. The idea that someone’s life is only worthwhile if it has some greater purpose bothers me, and I say this as someone who considers my purpose in life to be making the world a better place. The world I want to build is one where we could all smoke pot and watch cartoons all day if we felt like it.
Avoid? That’s just a normal weekend
I don’t really avoid him. I use him as motivation to get through the harder parts of life like working and chores.
If I do xyz that I don’t want to do, I can give in to ‘that guy’ for a bit. Seems to work for me but it’s a struggle to keep going every day so I’m always trying to find ways to motivate myself to keep moving forward. I really love pot and being lazy so using that as incentive to do things I don’t really enjoy as much has worked wonders to make life less miserable.
I don’t know his name, but I poison him with caffeine every morning.
Maybe he should have spent more time with “that guy”
I downloaded an Acorn emulator and wrote a snake game in BBC BASIC, that was a fun weekend. Still smoked pot, but less than I would normally since I was busy.
I guess for me it would be, laying in Bed and watching YouTube Videos, but I’m not really trying to avoid him. I’m “working” (Studying for University) to be able to lay in Bed and Watch YouTube Videos in my free time
Who is your guy?
Anthony Bourdain’s guy sounds like my guy. Too many responsibilities man.
It’s hard to avoid him when you get done high fiving and grab him a cold one on the way back from the fridge lol
