what would vacation jonathan do?
if only "day-to-day jonathan" was half as cool as "vacation jonathan," what a life i'd have! i'd have more fun, savor my time, disregard trifling minutiae and enjoy my friends more.
i think it was rabbi harold kushner in one of his books that talks about how keeping kosher, while placing limits, ends up providing more variety. the principle is that when a resource is limited, the more creative you become. i think of some of the amazing work i did in organic chemistry when a lab report was due the next day, the gourmet dishes i've cooked when i was vegetarian or on the south beach diet and the momories i've packed into a single week while traveling. so what did i do that was interesting this week?
of course vacation jonathan would have massive debt and no retirement.
maybe i should just go kosher.
