"Many people with very little to do spend their spare time watching daytime TV. This is much like watching paint dry except not as colourful or useful. After three hours of either you also get the nagging feeling that is probably time you went back to work, especially if you work as a painter. It's generally worth remembering that daytime TV is designed to work best with your vacuum cleaner on turbo-boost.
Very busy people are occasionally ambushed by spare time and are forced to stare into the dark abyss of their meaningless existence. This is where a dog can come in handy. Dogs have many faults but existential angst is not one of them. Once you find yourself at one end of a lead, you'll have a million and one things to chase, sniff, dig up, eat and pee on. It's like a fun version of life.
Some people get a little bit overambitious with their spare time, give them an hour without scheduled activity and they'll decide to learn Spanish. that's why so many Speak Spanish in an hour books are sold and why so many people speak an hour's worth of Spanish.
Retirement is like being given all your spare time in one big chunk. People either choose to work even harder than they did before, or just die and get over with it. Sadly, if you cant cope with a couple of hours leisure time then you're going to find eternity a bit of a challenge."
This is why I write a blog. To fill the meaningless existence of my Christmas Holidays, and to make others' more enjoyable. I am off to learn Spanish.
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