rut

Having something to do may be the greatest motivator.

It is very easy today to work for a living while not really having anything else to do. Too easy.

Once you get settled in and everything is running right you can kick back a little and enjoy.

Too often the kick back becomes a habit.

Science should develop a term for this. This condition, this disease should be identified.

No doubt about it, I am plagued by this issue.

In my older brothers time the phrase bandied about was to be 'in a rut.' Now it's not all bad being in a rut. It means you are doing what everyone else is doing. Buying a home, getting married, raising kids, buying a car, you know, working for a living.

My brother might not agree but the rut my parents were in served us well. My brother might tell you of neglect while I might tell you of pennies being pinched because there were damn few of them. My brother might say that his parents didn't pay enough attention to him while I might counter that they paid too much atttention. It is all a matter of perspective. My brother craved attention while I could do without it.

I really don't know what my brother would have to say, he is in a rut of his own by now. And a rut is a damn hard thing to get out of.