Dec 23, 2006 05:23
Tomorrow (or shall I say, today) will be yet another day... and I will most likely spend more than half of the day sleeping -- at least over half of the day with sunlight. Ay. So much I want to do and read, yet so little time!
And another dilemma. Christmas. Gah, Christmas. ARGH. Christmas.
What unnecessary effort and turmoil Christmas gives rise to!
The dilemma, yet again, this year is: to give or not to give? I doubt anyone expects anything from me, so should I keep it that way? It would most definitely save me the trouble.
Or should I give something. What would I give? And, it's only two days until Christmas tomorrow. I've procrastinated. It'd be so much trouble! But I always feel compelled. Perhaps it's societal pressure? Perhaps I've been programmed to think way. Actually, it's not 'perhaps' but definitely so. But it would make other people feel slightly better. And I would feel slightly better -- hopefully -- afterwards (previous years that I've given stuff sometimes resulted in some regret to some degree or another, mostly because of my own self-doubt.)
And, of course, I'm sort of broke. Actually, I'm not "broke" in the technical sense of the word, but I just don't want to spend any money on things that might be thrown away within, say, a week or two. And, it's not my money, either; it's my parents'.
So, that's my dilemma -- my musings at 5:30 in the morning, which I'll probably be facing year after year after year. And yes, Victor, future me, I bet you're smiling that wry smile when you're reading this from the future, when you yourself am thinking these same exact thoughts.
Or have already solved this problem.