Word: wonderwomen
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Dates: during 1998-1998
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...plus two more, plus holding down a job--and, of course, she's getting married next week. Or the guy who's finishing up his thesis while directing a play and running his own nonprofit organization-and occasionally lobbying on Capitol Hill. They are the Supermen and Wonderwomen. We can't be jealous of them, because they're always so pleasant. Publicly, we say they're "amazing." Privately, we show the article to our roommates and tell each other that these people must be psychotic. But secretly, we look at our own schedules and think, "What am I doing wrong...
...criticizing the Supermen and Wonderwomen for their choices. Nor do I believe that students avoid taking advantage of the resources the College offers. All I'm saying is that those of us who enjoy playing "Doom" shouldn't feel like sinners. If you aren't the kind of person who loves a particular activity enough to dedicate large chunks of your time to it, then trying to follow the Superman model can be a super-efficient way to make yourself miserable--if not from spending too much time on something you don't like, then from feeling guilty and inadequate...
...certain quote in "Eight Days a Week" was particularly poignant for me. "I try to spend my time efficiently," one of the Wonderwomen in the article says. "I don't spend a lot of time sitting around, looking at the ceiling." The ceiling of my bedroom is covered with glow-in-the-dark stars. Two weeks ago, I spent the majority of an entire evening looking at the ceiling. I'm not going to try to explain to you why this was useful, or productive, or beneficial or enriching. To be quite honest, it was completely pointless. The next...
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