Carpe aeternum diem

One of the toughest adjustments to make after college is getting used to how time moves in the real world. In college you get used to operating on truncated schedule. Projects are dumped on you in pairs and sometimes triples and you are left to figure out how to accomplish them in relatively short periods of time. Your schedule and consequently your day to day life can change completely within the span of a few months. In reality or after college, time moves very slowly. For most jobs the tasks are confined to working hours. You can be working on the same project for months and even years. Your life can follow the same mundane routine with little to no variation. So how to deal with this complete shift in pacing? Some people get drunk, a lot. Others get themselves into crazy adventures (often also accompanied by alcohol). Some workout incessantly and others veg out. The post grad's plight is simple. How do I use this free time without depleting my limited financial resources and not get bored with the 9-5 routine? HBO only has so many shows. You can only wake one night in a pile of Pbr tall boys with Arliss playing in the background before this type of lifestyle gets old. It seems that solving this particular quandary might take awhile; fortunately I've got an abundance of time.