A third of the way through my second journey down the rabbit hole and I’ve discovered that time couldn’t possibly go by any faster, yet seem to go by any slower. I’ve described it before, comparing it to the movie Groundhogs Day. Every single day is almost exactly the same, with various little changes here and there. The key is to remember Rule 32.
So you ask, Jeff… What is Rule 32? Where did it come from?
Rule 32 is from the movie Zombieland and the rule states “Enjoy the Little Things.” Enjoying the little things is exactly what we all try to do every day. For some of us the roses are a little harder to smell, but for simple minded people like me, it’s easy to find the little joys that the higher powers have given us.
What little things?
Well, I’m glad I pretended you asked! I enjoy listening to music and reading about finance. I’ve realized my lost enjoyment of classical and jazz. I enjoy going to the gym with a real workout plan and actually seeing gains again. I enjoy watching my speed increase every time I get on the treadmill.
I enjoy going to the chow hall and finding new ways to top a baked potato or discovering different combinations of vegetables I can pile on my plate. I enjoy keeping myself hungry enough after a previous meal to be very excited for the next.
I enjoy seeing new ways I can set up my launch and recovery controls to optimize my performance. I still haven’t been able to break my previous record of an 8 minute launch, but I can recover faster than anyone else here. I enjoy seeing how quickly I can finish my paper work after recovering. I try to get all my stuff done before they’ve defueled the aircraft so they’re not waiting on me to finish.
I did enjoy watching The Office at night before bed. Now that I’ve finished seasons 1-5, I’m going to go back to enjoying watching a movie every night while sipping on a Diet Sprite and trying to figure out how I can cram another gym session into my day.
I enjoy playing Scrabble, seeing how effective I can get by playing the computer and turn around and try to beat some of my more seasoned friends. I enjoy trying to find that perfect combination of Triple Letter Scores, ‘A’s and a well placed Z to get that 62 point word with that one letter. I enjoy getting Bingos and seeing what strange new combinations of letters that I thought couldn’t possibly be a word turn out to be words.
I enjoy reading long emails. It reminds me that the world isn’t as big as it once was and it makes the time pass just that little bit faster.
I enjoy knowing that in 120 days I’ll be back home, in my own bed, without mutant spiders and rockets.
I enjoy reminding myself about Rule 32 and I think you should enjoy that too.
