What’s the quickest way to consciously pass the time?

I read.

Read. Youtube. Movie trailers.

Video games. Write. Draw.

Workout. Masturbate. Play an instrument.

Okay, let’s keep it real. We all know it always devolves to masturbation. Go. Fondle yourself. The collective gives you permission.

Play computer games.
This past weekend I was taking part in the final closed Beta test for Aion. I looked at the clock, it was 11 AM. I looked again, it was 2 PM, then 5 PM, and then I was hungry, and then it was 8 PM, and then I ate some food.

I read, play video games, or Fluther. I spend waaaaay too much time on Fluther. Look, it’s 2 am, and I have been on here since 11pm yesterday. Tomorrow, when l wake up, I’ll get a cuppa coffee, have a smoke, fire up this box and be back at it again. I am addicted.

If you don’t have any tools available you can access your autobiographic memory and play little games with it. You need nothing, not even your hands. Like what trips did I take during the time from 10 years ago to 5 years ago. How many different states or countries did I visit? What were the names of interested people I met? Is there someone I should give a phone call again? What books did I read during this time? Which author did impress me most? Should I read more books my this author? What was the funniest situation I encountered? Did I learn about a new concept? Was there something I wanted to follow up on? And so forth.

It’s quite enlightening. And it’s good for your brain too. Accessing memory from different angles will create new associations some of which might come in handy at some point in the future.

Anything that really absorbs you.