11 Things I Do On Lazy Days…

Author: User ImageTom Category: Short Tidbits
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I am having a lazy day today. I didn’t have to work and don’t really feel like thinking that much, so I decided to share a few things that I like to do when I don’t feel like working!

Here is 11 things that I did on my lazy days – In no specific order (Too lazy too!):

1. Wrote Songs
As you would know from by post comparing ‘Building A Famous Blog To Writing A Hit Song‘ I am passionate about song writing. Lately I have been writing a lot on my guitar as my Yamaha Motif 7 keyboard is currently at church. Today I spend a good couple of hours on writing a couple of pages of new lyrics, fiddling on the guitar working out chord structures, and trying to find interesting melody lines.

I didn’t get anything finished today, but I did get some ideas for a couple of new songs.

2. Played The ‘Be A Tycoon’ Facebook App
I only recently joined facebook in the last week, but have become addicted to a game called ‘Be A Tycoon‘. The idea behind it is to buy and sell companies to increase your wealth. Well in the last two days I have gone from $6million to over $300million. With these numbers you can obviously see why I am addicted!

3. Found Random Blogs To Comment On
Today I commented so much more than I usually do. Because I just blog hopped from one blog to that blogs commenters. I found a heap of interesting (and strange blogs), so many that I would never have found normally.

4. Stayed In My Pajamas
It is winter in Australia, and I must admit I love wearing my warm track pants as long as possible. Since I had no pressing engagements I actually staying in my pajamas until about 1pm!

5. Ate A Lot – But Nothing Decent
I have to say, I am terrible at this. I just go straight to the cupboard, find whatever lollies, chips, chocolate etc are there and start eating. Who cares about lunch. But then again I did have lunch because my friend called me and said he wanted to grab some lunch so we went and got a healthy hot dog and shake for $5 from Wendys.

6. Updated My New iPod
I am so happy to finally get my new black 8gig Ipod nano. Before that I only had a 1gig shuffle and I lost the connector to the computer so I couldn’t recharge it. The only thing was my iTunes was chocked full of duplicated entries and songs that I don’t even like. So I spend a good hour or more cleaning out my songs and podcasts before uploading them all.

Just so you know I currently have 2.4gig of songs and 1 gig of podcasts.

7. Thought About How I Really Should Go For A Jog – Don’t Still Don’t!
Even last night I went to bed thinking I will get up early and go for a jog along the beach.

8:30am: Woke up and thought to go for a jog – checked my emails instead

9:30am: Decided to have breakfast instead of going for a jog.

10am: Started doing all the above mentioned items and the idea of going jogging got lost for the rest of the day.

8. Thought About How Glad I Am That I Have The Day Off
I must say, this thought crossed my mind quite frequently today. Usually when I was on msn chatting with friends and they were asking why I was at home. It frequently brought a smile to my face – thinking about this much needed day of rest I had been waiting for.

9. Thought About How Much Money I Won’t Have Because Of Not Working
But then things took a turn and I started thinking about how much money I was loosing for not working and it kind of counteracted all the good feelings I had been having. It is a good thing that I have trouble concentrating for long periods of time because usually as soon as the thought entered my head it was gone.

10. Got A Haircut, Just Because Your Friend Is
As I was having lunch with my friend he mentioned that he really needed a haircut. Considering he hadn’t really had one for about a year I was obliged to agree. I had been planning on waiting until the middle of August when I get back from my holiday in New Zealand to get a hair cut for myself. Because you see not only will it be cold and the extra hair (mine was getting pretty long – ie fringe was over my eyes and hair covered my ears), plus snowboarding is all about style and I really wanted to have hair flowing out of the botton of my beanie, flowing in the breeze – in my hope of being labeled cool. However this was not meant to be as I found myself telling him that I would join him in getting a hair cut.

However I must say I am pretty happy with it. I kind of feel naked with how short it is, but I still have my fringe (some would call it emo).

11. Wrote A Random Post Like This For You All To Comment On!
Then it suddenly gets to 9pm and you realise you have 160+ readers who have been eagerly awaiting a blog post from you, and the best you can do is come up with a list of things to do on a lazy day!

Hope you guys enjoyed this post. It is totally counter to my usual style, as I think this is my first full personal post – don’t worry, they will be very few and far between because I don’t want people to find out all my bad habits!

I’d love to know what you do on the days that you just don’t feel like doing anything. So hit me up with a comment!

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  1. no imagelala (Who am I?) says:
    July 17, 2008 at 7:33 am

    Staying in your pajamas all day is the best! lol

    When I don’t feel like doing anything, I read. I love to curl up with a book and waste the whole day reading.

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  2. no imageRossco (Who am I?) says:
    July 17, 2008 at 7:38 am

    Haha! Procrastination is a killer!

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  3. no imageErik Karey (Who am I?) says:
    July 17, 2008 at 8:11 am

    I can totally agree and relate to several of those things, especially #3, 4, 5. A lazy day is always a good thing every once in awhile.

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  4. no imageAlex the Freelance Twin (Who am I?) says:
    July 17, 2008 at 8:59 am

    Very nice. We all have those lazy days, but I tend to wonder how I can make myself less-lazy next time. It usually doesn’t help but at least I try not being _totally_ lazy!

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  5. no imageRajaie AlKorani (Who am I?) says:
    July 17, 2008 at 11:44 am

    Try and set a world record of replying to all the new posts at Digital-Point forums.

    And Tom, I really liked this post, so don’t be afraid to go offtopic sometimes, you never know what to expect!

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  6. no imagedcr (Who am I?) says:
    July 17, 2008 at 12:02 pm

    #2 Too bad it’s not real money!

    #3 So I’m now left wondering whether I have an interesting blog or a strange blog!

    dcrs last blog post..Why Don’t You Want Me to Comment on Your Blog?

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  7. no imageEarnblogger (Who am I?) says:
    July 17, 2008 at 1:58 pm

    Nice points. For me, a lazy day means good sleep and some music!

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  8. no imagedew (Who am I?) says:
    July 17, 2008 at 2:48 pm

    I work for myself so I occasionally (a lot) take days for myself to be lazy. Still I just feel like I’ve got to get something done.

    Not that I ever actually get things done. But at least I feel like I should.

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  9. no imagekidfingers (Who am I?) says:
    July 17, 2008 at 5:06 pm

    Hey Tom! Thanks so much for being the first person to comment on my newly opened blog. It means a lot when I’m trying to generate traffic which is more difficult than it seems.

    Get that jogging done man! I personally feel great when I start the day off with a jog; you’re so lucky to have a beach near you to jog on. Oh and checkout “Who Has the Biggest Brain?” on Facebook… it’s addicting.

    Thanks again and I’ll definitely be stopping by your blog.

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  10. no imageAndy Crofford (Who am I?) says:
    July 17, 2008 at 8:58 pm

    Thanks for telling me about number 2. I just joined FaceBook myself and now you have me playing that game. It is so simple yet so fun.

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  11. no imageSiddharth (Who am I?) says:
    July 17, 2008 at 11:02 pm

    ha ha
    staying in pajyamas :P
    anywayz I like to work on lazy days :D
    like cleaning my stuff writing draft post
    doing double graphics jobs etc :P

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  12. no imageLightening@Lightenings Blogworld (Who am I?) says:
    July 17, 2008 at 11:02 pm

    I LOVE pyjama days. Or soaking in the bath on a freezing cold day (I’m in Australia too) with my favourite book or magazine.

    I like blog hopping as well. Although I don’t do it as often these days.

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  13. no imageMelissa (Who am I?) says:
    July 18, 2008 at 12:49 am

    3. Found Random Blogs To Comment On
    Today I commented so much more than I usually do. Because I just blog hopped from one blog to that blogs commenters. I found a heap of interesting (and strange blogs), so many that I would never have found normally.

    I love doing this, I try to do it at least once a week because I love finding new blogs to read (and yes, hopefully find more people to read mine!)

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  14. no imagewhataboutblog (Who am I?) says:
    July 18, 2008 at 12:54 am

    Wendy’s has hotdogs? I guess you really do learn something new everyday.

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  15. no imageTom (Who am I?) says:
    July 18, 2008 at 1:05 am

    Rajaie – Haha. That would take ages for people to notice, but would be very funny. And I think I will do personal posts like this – got a nice traffic spike :D

    DCR – I wish. I am over $500million now! And No, your blog is definately an interesting blog.

    Kidfingers – that is no problem. looking forward to more posts. I haven’t tried that plugin but did do an IQ test on facebook and got 141 :D – 28 out of 30 with 3min to go!

    Andy – just watch out. It does become addictive very quickly.

    What About Blog – They do in Australia. Not sure about everywhere else. And they are pretty good too :D

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  16. no imagealan mc donald (Who am I?) says:
    July 18, 2008 at 4:35 am

    what a cool blogg, its always good to have a lazy day from time to time. its easy to get stuck in a rut though, once while i was out of work i played my xbox 360 for 19 hours straight :) :)

    http://www.gadget-mania.co.uk

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  17. no imageG (Who am I?) says:
    July 18, 2008 at 7:25 am

    Write songs?!

    http://www.slashdox.com/how-to-write-songs-on-guitar/

    :D + download ;)

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  18. no imageChiQ Montes (Who am I?) says:
    July 18, 2008 at 9:04 am

    oohh.. fun things.. you should try watching a movie as well.

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  19. no imageBen Moreno (Who am I?) says:
    July 18, 2008 at 9:45 am

    Well, why not.

    1. Play with the kids because the regular work week restricts the amount of time to spend with them.

    2. Work on my MMA blog http://www.mmaunion.com.

    3. Play Pc Games.

    4. I am in California so it is really hot. I pretty much sit around in basketball shorts all day.

    5. I think I just might have to check out that game on facebook.

    6. Drink with the buddies is always a pleasurable time.

    7. Watch random videos through the web. Comedy is my favorite.

    8. Read posts on Stand Out Blogger!

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  20. no imageKelly (Who am I?) says:
    July 18, 2008 at 11:19 am

    If I don’t feel like working, I just don’t work. That’s it :)

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  21. no imageNick (Who am I?) says:
    July 18, 2008 at 12:43 pm

    To me, the worst thing about having a lazy day like that is at the end of the day I realize that I had a bunch of stuff to do and didn’t get anything accomplished!

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  22. no imageAgent 001 (Who am I?) says:
    July 18, 2008 at 3:46 pm

    Point no. 7 and 9 applies directly to me. It was really fun hearing these thing. I also like watching movies when I am feeling lazy.

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  23. no imageRiyanne (Who am I?) says:
    July 18, 2008 at 9:14 pm

    I sleep during lazy days. I actually don’t have enough of it this past few days.

    If I weren’t sleeping, I blog or comment on other blogs

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  24. no imagejjmomscashblog (Who am I?) says:
    July 19, 2008 at 1:22 am

    Hi Tom, I LOVED this post! I’m not sure why but it was jus t so easy going and we all can relate to a day when we do nothing. I love staying in my P.J’s and getting out my watercolors and start some painting. Look through magazines that I had intended to read. But I must agree with Nick later on it hits you that you had so much to do and you didn’t do a thing. But I still loved this post Tom thanks>

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  25. no imageparesh (Who am I?) says:
    July 19, 2008 at 5:39 am

    nice list.

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  26. no imageMelvin (Who am I?) says:
    July 19, 2008 at 6:21 pm

    Actually tom, i really had haircuts after a friend does… LOL

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  27. no imagejjmomscashblog (Who am I?) says:
    July 19, 2008 at 11:13 pm

    Hi Tom, It’s JJ here, I wanted to know if you still have your blog from last winter. Our winter?
    I have been trying to think of the name but I’m drawing a blank. I had a Rss to it at one time. Just curious… Thanks

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  28. no imageDebi_zyx (Who am I?) says:
    July 20, 2008 at 3:42 am

    Hi Tom,
    Really liked this last post, and I can SOOOO relate to staying in pyjamas, eating lots of the wrong food, and not going to jog!!
    It’s now Sunday here in Israel, but for us, Sunday is a regular workday, so I’m already looking forward to my next “off” day :-)

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  29. no imageavenues_np (Who am I?) says:
    July 20, 2008 at 5:25 am

    facebook application is really helpful to spend those lazy days. I play hangman most of the time and managed to get 870th rank so far. ;-) and i just added the “be a tycoon application” ;-)

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  31. no imageIronBlogger (Who am I?) says:
    July 20, 2008 at 4:47 pm

    Very nice list Tom.

    I especially like your last point :) .

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  32. no imageGermz (Who am I?) says:
    July 21, 2008 at 9:51 pm

    You haven’t posted in a while, you must be having a lazy “week”. Lol.

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  34. no imageThings To Do In (Who am I?) says:
    March 26, 2009 at 9:07 am

    Great post! Here are some more things to do: listen to jazz, read a book in the park or in bed, get the laptop out and watch the shows you missed in bed or on the couch

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  35. no imageKevi Naleo (Who am I?) says:
    March 28, 2009 at 5:02 am

    What If you are too lazy that you dont want to move or think or do ANYTHING?

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