You can't really have it and eat it too. Because if you eat it, you obviously no longer have it. Well, you won't have it for much longer, at any rate. So, as irrational as it is to want to have the cake and eat it too, I still want it. There is simply no room for logic when it comes to greed.

 

Just a mere few weeks back, I was kind of unhappy. I had all this free time, but also all of about 12 dollars in my bank account. A monthly subscription to the World of Warcraft, arguably one of the best timesinks, cost 15 dollars a month. So I had all this free time and no money to spend it on. Then I found a job, and Uni started. So now I'm working four days a week and going to Uni the other three.

 

As I kind of need to do well this semester, I'm actually studying. Studying well actually consumes a lot of time. I also want to do my job well, I kind of like this one. So now I'm reading everything I can get my hands on about bicycles (yes I'm now officially a bicycle salesman for four days of the week, I pretend to be a Uni student for the other three). Reading, and comprehending information, also takes a lot of time.

 

Then I'm got to squeeze in Frisbee, chores, various social events, a fitness regime and other mandatory activities. This leaves me with pretty much zero "me" time. I would love to get into cycling, but I simply don't have the time. Money is still an issue, but that's mostly because I've got my eye on a six thousand dollar bike, and there is simply no satiating my desire for the latest laptops and other assorted gadgets. But it certainly isn't so tight to the point where I need to think about whether I can afford the next beer before heading out (yeah, it was that bad at one point). Now the problem is that I don't really have the time to enjoy a beer.

 

Of course, if I gave up my job now, I'd free up four whole days, counting the time I spend commuting, that's about 40 extra hours. But then I'd go back to the situation where I have no money... Maybe I just won't have cake.