There was a time I shared a post on my Face book wall 'I got a devil to fight'. It was on a Sunday morning and I was in the church. I got various comments which were mainly forms of encouragement, but a friend commented that the devil I had to fight was my craving for TV. Though I was referring to something entirely different at that time, that person was absolutely right because, now the devil isn't just my craving for TV but for movies which is worse. Worse because when the TV is not available for me to watch my favourite movies (mostly foreign); I just switch over to my laptop.
Geez! What a waste of precious time! This past break, I had a rich list of stuff I wanted to accomplish. I anticipated the fact that at the end of the break, I would feel so much more fulfilled as I would have done those important personal things that I put on hold due to my busy schedule. I planned to 'de-clutter' my closet, both physical and mental to accommodate fresh stuff.
As for the physical one, yes 'mission accomplished'. I gave out old stuff and got me some new clothes, cute tops and pencil jeans. However, for the mental closet, hmm! I over-cluttered it, not with ideas if not I would not be complaining; but with a series of movies. Well, they were very interesting I cannot deny that but please, watching a seasonal film all day into the night; wasting precious time of the day lying on the sofa (eyes wide open) even when I felt like a nap, and depriving myself of full nights' rest? To me, that's pathetic because the irony is that I did not work (to accomplish my plans) and I did not relax properly.
Actually, I spent my Christmas on the sofa in front of the TV, and was too engrossed to even send Xmas wishes.
My craving for movies, I got to overcome you.
C'mon watching movies isn't a bad thing, so embrace your inner cinephile now!
ReplyDeleteI knew you would say that, but not when I have so much to do in so little time...
ReplyDeleteThanks Ferdinand for becoming a member of my blog. Let me start by wishing you a happy new year. HAPPY NEW YEAR FERDINAND!
ReplyDeleteI can definitely relate to this... My to-do list just gets longer and longer whilst I sit and watch one movie after the other. Once I see it and I want to watch it... it's all over. Nothing happens till I watch it. God will help us sha
ReplyDeleteI totally understand you...I think I am getting better but it is difficult to break a habit.God will definitely help us. Big Amen dear...
DeleteLol. .. . Same here. Ive gotten so engrossed in movies this holiday season that my whole being screams LAZINESS!!!. What i literally do now is wake up , brush ,have my bath, eat and fire down (watch movies) .To the extent that i'm currently watching two different seasonal movies. Lol .How pathetic. Well, i pray i surmon the courage ta snap out of it real soon. For now. Laziness has got its claws right into my cellular nuclei
ReplyDeleteOMG you remind me of me, well me not now though. Pls snap out of it real quick. I hated myself when I realised how much time I had wasted on movies...I watched 'Dirty Sexy Money' season 1 in two days, and jumped to 'Gossip girls' season 5 or so, it was so bad.Pls suck laziness outa your lovely cellular nuclei before it gets to your mitochondria. *winks*
DeleteHahahahahaha. . .lmao. Laziness's a very terrible thing. Wish there were pills for it. When it gets to you, Oh boy! . You're definitely in for a ride!. Seriously! .As much as one tries to snap out of it, you keep yeilding to its temptations. Smh
ReplyDeleteMy tweet today was 'PHCN pls dont go on strike! I want to watch a movie...'(@StaceyFredilia on Twitter). Imagine that! I'm laughing at myself right now.
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DeleteLike Nollywood reinvented said "God will help us sha" . . Lol
ReplyDeleteI rarely do movies, my own personal devil na novels... Jst cant resist 'em!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI join all of us is saying.... God go help us, AMEN!
Novels are worse because electricity and low battery cannot stop you (pele oo). Do you know what I did to all my novels....I burnt them all, about 13 of them...and the next crave was movies. Now it's surfing the internet and sometimes movies cos e no easy. There is always something sha...May God help us ooo!
DeleteHahahaha. . Novels? . I used to be addicted to them. and that landed me the position of "Secretary of Readers Club" when iwas in SS1,back then in my secondary school.I was so addicted that if you dared refuse me any novel, i'd hunt you down @ night en corner the novel for myself.lolz (i attended a boarding school) .En i loved the very big ones.The ones that were as big as a dictionary,if not bigger. Hahaha.But now, movies and surfing the internet are my fortes.I still manage to,once in a while,peruse a few novels when i have the chance.
DeleteYou must have been naughty in sec sch, novel hunter/bully ha! Ha! Should i say am beta or worse nw? I find it hard to turn on my laptop, seems like work...i think i nid a pa to do some stuff 4me like check my mails, plan my day n related stuff. Anywaz, u seem like a fun person...i connect well w u. Join my blog n be a member n u can follow via email to get updates. Luv ya sis on da blog...
ReplyDeleteUhm. . . . I thought i was already a member of your blog? . . . Yeah, i was kinda naughty in sec school. I can tell you like movies alot. So tell me, what're your favourite movies of all times?. I don't think there're any ''meaningfull'' seasonal movies that i haven't seen
ReplyDeleteAhhh! How do i want to start listing them? Ok, let me put it this way...i luv any movie that is fashion inc, has a classy setting could be epic, beautiful people, inspiring, happy ending, eg d devil wears prada, bratz, bring it on episodes, it takes two to tangle, for seasonal films kings, desperate housewives, single ladies, gossip girls, dr house. Bin a while since av settled to watch a movie, courtesy 'my job'...have u checked out my most recent blog post?
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