Imaginary magnitude

“For a moment, I honestly couldn’t answer. And in that moment, I realized how very lucky I was. That it is so difficult for me to differentiate between things done ‘for work’ and things done ‘for fun’ is a pretty amazing gift.” Elisabeth Lane Lawley writes about the joys of having a work that is also something you enjoy in your ’spare’ time.

I totally agree, having spent time last evenging - after the kids went to sleep - reading about Tönnies Gemeinschaft/Gesellschaft thinking in the form of Johan Asplund, Essä om Gemeinschaft och Gesellschaft. (By the way, the book is not really my cup of tea, and reading it makes me more and more convinced about the stupidity of Tönnies bipolar concept.) University life is freedom, getting a salary for reading books, teaching intelligent and enthusiastic students. There are, of course, drawbacks (hey - I haven’t got tenure!) but generally it is great.