On Sloth: How I was Slothful in my very busy day

Wednesday 11pm - Thursday 8am: sleep

8:15am: woke up, grabbed oatmeal & cream for breakfast

8:30am: shower

8:45am: prep for school - get dressed and ready books

9:00am: leave for class

9:15am: driving for Georgetown

9:30am: attend THE227

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10:45am: leave class, wait for Nexus credit at 11

11:00am: Nexus at Asher 112 about organ donation

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12:00pm: Went to computer lab to work on homework

12:30pm: homework

12:45pm: attend KHS 410

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2:00pm: back to Asher to work on homework

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3:30pm: Library to take ETS General Proficiency Test

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4:30pm: Drive back home to Lexington

5:00pm: Arrive at home, prepare to leave again with my wife

5:15pm: Leave home, head to grab something quick to eat

5:30pm: After dinner, shopping for my dad's birthday present

5:45pm: At the store

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6:45pm: Leave store for a theatrical play at Talon Winery & Vineyards

7:00pm: Arrive at Talon Winery for the play

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7:30pm: Play begins

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10:30pm: Play ends, en route home

10:45pm: arrive home, exhausted!

11:00pm get ready for bed

If Sloth were laziness, I would not have had a slothful day whatsoever. However, Sloth is not simply laziness, according to DeYoung and other philosophers. Sloth is rather an inner condition of lovelessness - or the "shirking of spiritual duty." It is hard to say whether I spent this very busy day "shirking" my spiritual duties, mainly because I was so busy with things that were required of me for my classes.

It is, though, very apparent to me through my reflection of my day that I did not give myself completely to these things - I did them almost mindlessly. During my homework I did work on some things regarding my online start-up business, which I enjoyed - which I wanted to do over my homework. At this point in my life, my homework, except for my philosophy (seriously!) has become something which I do just to get done. I am very anxious to graduate. Maybe this is me getting ahead of myself and being slothful even in my busy-ness! I found through this exercise that I need to be more mindful of the purpose of my actions.