Working hard but daydreaming even harder

I had an additional obsession due to my new phone. The speed of the phone consuming the battery is like me finishing the baked potato chips without anyone else watching.

The consequence was that I had one more item in my bag which was the cellphone charger and my newly developed compulsive behavior was to take out the charger everywhere I spotted an outlet to feed my new gadget.

I didn't enjoy this experience too much. I seldom made any phone calls nor did I receive any. I used the phone mostly for checking time/weather/emails. It doesn't matter too much if it runs out of the battery. Therefore, the reasoning made me go easy with it.

Unfortunately, I didn't have this kind of luck with my other hobbies. Sometimes, I looked at my overflowed closet, all I want to shout is "I wish I knew how to quit you."

The Chinese traditional philosophy suggests that we should not pay too much attentions to any belongings. All in all, we, as an individual, came to this world alone and will leave the world alone one day. However, I think some of those small addictions, healthy or unhealthy, did turn out to be useful tools to handle a person's daily little happiness or disappointments. If they do work, then why not? Aren't those small stubborn addictions helping us go through the interludes in life and understand ourself better?

I wish people who smoke stay happy and healthy.
I wish people who exercise stay happy and healthy.

In summary, I long for the right amount of living wisdom. Not too much, not too little, just right there.

漫搵英雄泪，
相离处士家。
谢慈悲剃度在莲台下。
没缘法转眼分离乍。
赤条条来去无牵挂。
哪里讨烟蓑雨笠卷单行，
一任俺芒鞋破钵随缘化。