 You ever question how you spend your own time, even though we should all be able to do whatever we want? Hey there, NJRoot22.com here with a little bit of a philosophy blog. It's about how people spend their time. And I've been wondering about this quite a bit. And some might argue, well, you only have a little bit of a life. You should be able to do whatever you want, even if it's self-destructive or it's a complete waste of time, or if you want to get fat and lazy and stupid and just sit there and do stuff like play video games or watch TV or what have you, and the premise is to each their own, live and let live. And I'm in full agreement with that for the most part. However, the philosophical question is, do you ever wonder who makes the things that we do available? For instance, whether it's music or video games is kind of a big thing for me, because it's a huge, multi-billion dollar industry that people spend a lot of time on. I know some people, some acquaintances that they'll stay up until the sun comes up playing video games. And all these types of things have psychological hooks in them to keep you engaged. And yes, you're having fun, but what does that fun net you? And additionally, who benefits from your fun? So there's this kind of cause and effect, love-hate-type relationship. They present you something, almost like a drug. Heroin is addictive and it profits the drug dealer that sells it to you. The same thing goes for things that are not classified as dangerous substances or drugs, like these addictive things that we do. And the same goes for food as well. You should be able to eat whatever you want, but if it raises your blood sugar and has carbs in it, you're just going to eat more and that profits the people that make it. So I guess what I'm trying to say is that most of the things that people do, as much as they want to justify or label that it's not harmful, what's the harm is what they say. But when you think about it, it's like, who are you benefiting? I mean, who's the benefactor for your use of time? And I just think it might be better to do things that are productive and don't require that you share it on social media to get your ego filled with people saying, wow, that's nicer. Oh, good job. You're not helping those kittens or what have you. What about just the fundamental basics? Taking care of your family, making sure your house is organized, that you're prepared for bad things that might happen, and so on. So I really think if you really look at what you do and how you spend your 168 hours a week, who benefits and what are you losing by engaging in these addictive activities? So that's it. What are you thinking about? Even though you can justify perfectly well what you do, you might want to rethink exactly what you're doing. Have a good week.