I am Legend

No no no! Don't get me wrong, I am not Legend!

Just making a statement about the film “I am Legend”, that one where Will Smith is the only survivor in New York, with his dog, and he thinks he's the only healthy human being left in the world, and he's surrounded by zombies that can't cope with day light.

Nice film by the way.

But what I want to talk about is what he mentions in the beginning of the film: SCHEDULE !

He is alone, nothing to do apart from surviving, and to do not go crazy, he sets up his daily schedule; wake up, have breakfast, exercise, feed the dog, get in his car, go to a blockbuster shop, search for films, get to a pier and send a radio message, play golf, etc, etc, etc...

It sounds crazy to do this things over and over again, but it's not about what you are doing, it's all about keeping your mind busy, thinking that you have something to do at that specific time, and then you have something else to do afterwards.

When I saw that on the film, I realized that I have a tendency for laziness, he he, and I felt so many times in that “non-schedule” trap, and then I felt bad for wasting my free time doing nothing.

For example, if you work from Monday to Friday, 9 to 5... what do you do on Saturday? You sleep!

Cause there is no schedule, just do nothing, which is great as well... but it's not what we supposed to do from our lives, right?

So here I am at home, Saturday morning, woke up at 7am, I know it's crazy but I can't sleep more than 5 hours a day, no schedule, and I'm thinking what should I do from my day...

Well, first of all, have a coffee, second thing, fire up my laptop, third... write about what I'm writing now, then check the weather, well, I don't need to do that to be honest, the weather will be crap anyway, then... I have no idea... I just opened the “nothing box” in my brain and I'm enjoying the feeling of having nothing to do!

OK, I'll enjoy this feeling for a couple of minutes, then I'll feel guilty about it, and I'll find something to do!

In the end, it's all about schedule! So plan your schedule, put due dates to your activities, and stick to them, otherwise we will all go crazy... actually, I think we are already loosing our minds, but for the opposite reason; We're putting so many things to do on our schedules, and we know we're not gonna be able to make it, but we do it anyway...

Now I’m confused, should I have a schedule full of stuff to do... or should I have not?

Oh God, OK, for now, I’ll just have my fifth coffee of the morning and I'll get back to bed, it's Saturday anyway, and I have no schedule for today.

Laters!

Cheers!