Topic 242 - Too Busy to Live
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Topic 242 Too Busy to Live 18 June 2026
FIND US: Look for a furry animal toy on a table in the Brunelli Cafe, Adelaide CBD. You will need to buy a coffee or something.
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS TO START THE CONVERSATION:
1. What are all the things in your day which add up to make you busy?
2. A lot of gadgets are supposed to save us time. What are some of those gadgets? Do they really save time? What do you do with the time you "save"?
3. Once I (Thor) had a job where a simple travel claim by old soldiers coming to hospital went through 90 checks. Stupid. Can you think of ways to make bureaucracy more simple? Examples? (This is called time & motion study).
4. A lot of people say they want to "get out of the rat race". This usually means looking for a more simple life, often in small country towns. Is this a good idea?
5. Do you get bored easily? People are bored by different kinds of things. My head is always busy with new ideas. I only get bored doing routine work for employers. How about you?
6. A typical life is 1) Be busy as a school kid; 2) Be busy going to college; 3) Be busy working in a job and raising a family => Then after 50 nobody wants to give you a job and you don't know how to keep busy. Is this going to be your life? What can you do to improve this future?
7. What habits take the most time and give the smallest result?
8. There is a custom to make a "New Year resolution". This means changing some habit to make your life better in the future. What is a New Year resolution you would like to make?
9. Keeping up with friends can take a lot of time. I'm really bad at this. How do you keep up with friends?
10. What is your method for learning new things most efficiently?
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Adelaide English Conversation Practice https://www.facebook.com/groups/1678127882281980 Convenor: Thor May 0479 154 831 [email protected] ; https://www.facebook.com/thor.may.7 ;
https://independent.academia.edu/ThoroldThorMay
FIND US: Look for a furry animal toy on a table in the Brunelli Cafe, Adelaide CBD. You will need to buy a coffee or something.
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS TO START THE CONVERSATION:
1. What are all the things in your day which add up to make you busy?
2. A lot of gadgets are supposed to save us time. What are some of those gadgets? Do they really save time? What do you do with the time you "save"?
3. Once I (Thor) had a job where a simple travel claim by old soldiers coming to hospital went through 90 checks. Stupid. Can you think of ways to make bureaucracy more simple? Examples? (This is called time & motion study).
4. A lot of people say they want to "get out of the rat race". This usually means looking for a more simple life, often in small country towns. Is this a good idea?
5. Do you get bored easily? People are bored by different kinds of things. My head is always busy with new ideas. I only get bored doing routine work for employers. How about you?
6. A typical life is 1) Be busy as a school kid; 2) Be busy going to college; 3) Be busy working in a job and raising a family => Then after 50 nobody wants to give you a job and you don't know how to keep busy. Is this going to be your life? What can you do to improve this future?
7. What habits take the most time and give the smallest result?
8. There is a custom to make a "New Year resolution". This means changing some habit to make your life better in the future. What is a New Year resolution you would like to make?
9. Keeping up with friends can take a lot of time. I'm really bad at this. How do you keep up with friends?
10. What is your method for learning new things most efficiently?
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Adelaide English Conversation Practice https://www.facebook.com/groups/1678127882281980 Convenor: Thor May 0479 154 831 [email protected] ; https://www.facebook.com/thor.may.7 ;
https://independent.academia.edu/ThoroldThorMay
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