Quarter-Life Crisis

I think I'm going through a quarter-life crisis. I'm starting to adopt hobbies and interests that are neither here nor there but somehow I've convinced myself that I'm being productive. What constitutes a productive activity anyways? By measure of monetary gain? Educational value? Sure, I could do something universally regarded as intelligible like reading a book but where is the value in that? Hypothetically, if it takes me 8 hours to read a Harry Potter novel, is that any more productive than watching a half-hour episode of The Hills on MTV (for the record, I would do neither)? Personally, I would argue that reading Harry Potter is the bigger waste of time and aside from gaining exposure to pop-culture to which The Hills also provides, albeit decidedly more irrelevant, at least I save 7.5 hours. In any case, I think it really depends on the content and not on the medium. Maybe I can be productive sitting in front of the TV for hours if it's non-fiction or documentary. Of course I'm not referring to what is known as 'reality' TV but something along the lines of Discovery programming. Maybe I can be more productive reading the facebook status updates over the last month rather than the lastest installment of melodramatic pandering by Mitch Albom. This is how I spend my time not being productive, trying to justify the time I spent as being productive. There's only so many waking hours in a day and I'm starting to feel like my days are shrinking more and more. I find myself wondering how I can make the most of my 'free' time and invest in activities that have some kind of positive outcome other than just entertainment value.

Today's track:
Shanice - I Love Your Smile

Haha, old school.