I often find myself torn between two forces. You might be thinking of the two clique forces: good and evil. While I do acknowledge this inner struggle, I don't find it interesting to talk about. I'm torn apart by two far more powerful forces: laziness and boredom! This blog is a perfect example. I started it about 3 weeks ago when I was immensely bored. At that point, my boredom outweighed my laziness. Earlier in the summer, however, I spent a lot of time sitting around doing nothing. Was I bored? Yes. But my boredom paled in comparison to my laziness. I contend that at all times these forces are battling one another for a portion of our "pie of apathy." We only have so much of "I don't give a shit" in us. And I think two of the major components of this pie can be characterized by our boredom and our laziness. The next time someone asks you how you are today, you may as well say, "I'm 37% lazy and 63% bored." At least with those percentages you will probably be motivated to do SOMETHING! Conversely, if you are more lazy than bored, you will tend to sit on your ass and do nothing.
During my college days after a crazy night of drinking I would find myself in a conundrum. I'd wake up, hung-over, and sit on my bed (too lazy to get up). I would be bored, but at that point my laziness level would be very high. I would stare at the ceiling and do absolutely nothing. (Just like Peter Gibbons from Office space. Damn it feels good to be a gangster…) My former roommate Pat can attest to this. After maybe an hour or two my boredom would increase to the point where it overpowered my laziness, enabling me to muster the strength to get my lazy ass up.
Now that I reflect on this post, it's become apparent that our "pie of apathy" will vary depending on how much spare time we have. The more spare time, the larger the pie.
