It's Called Living (and I plan to do more of it)
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Living, it’s called living. You might call it wasting time, but I just call it living. Going bird hunting, reading books, watching the Red Sox, doing things with my wife that we wouldn’t have time to do if I was writing a book. There’s a whole lot to do once you can get out from under the yoke of working.
— excerpted from "Richard Ford Is a Man Who Actually Listens," Andrew Goldman interview, New York Times
4 comments:
That living thing sounds amazing.
Yup I'm all for that.
Yes! I think living is essential...it feeds that creative mind even when it has nothing to do with writing or characters. gives the mind needed rest.
I liked that he acknowledged some might call it wasting time, but that doesn't change his thinking. Everyone is free to decide what they want their priorities to be, and how they want to live their life. (Too often we just allow the days to happen without questioning, but stopping on purpose for awhile, that seems all good.)
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