I’m too hot for work

It’s summer and hot. You’re soaking with perspiration. Your clothing clings to you. The high humidity makes it an effort to walk… Sweltering in your own hammock under a nice shade tree is bad enough. What about the poor people that have to sit at work or at home to learn for exams?

Usually you’d go and relax in one of Berlin’s several parks, catch up with friends and go on a trip to the nearest bathing lake. Tepid evenings invite you to stroll to the nearest pub for a tall cool beer and an entertaining soccer game of the FIFA World Cup. Things we are all willing to give up, I reckon.

And what’s our opportunity cost?

Heat stroke

Yeah, why not spending the whole day with reading books about Cost Accounting and Corporate Finance? As you won’t be able to sleep anyways when it’s that hot, you could even continue learning at night. Sleep is overrated, as is your health.

Never ending melting of your body. Sweaty, humid, icky feeling. Weakness. Heat exhaustion. Painful headache. Strong fast pulse. Lacking concentration. Dehydrogenation. Dizziness. Fainting.

Heat stroke and procrastination – that’s what I call the perfect combination for the weekend!

Why’s that?
1. Being hot makes you tired. Very tired.

2. Being tired makes you grumpy.

3. Being grumpy leads to petty bickering with your friends and family.

4. You can’t sleep when it’s too hot.

5. When you can’t sleep, you get even more tired.

6. When you are tired, you can’t concentrate on learning.

7. As you feel bad about that, you are looking for other generative things to do (e.g. ironing)

I could continue but I won’t, because I’m hot. And tired. And grumpy. I saw the weather report and it said by the end of the week it might crack the 38 degree mark.

Killed in action

Perfect conditions to memorize Cost Accounting and Corporate Finance, I reckon. This is almost as much fun as posting a blog entry every single Sunday.

I’ll certainly go for it! Can’t think of anything else I’d rather do. Stopped thinking at all actually because it’s too hot.

Just decided that I’m going to laminate my books and move my workplace into my grandparents’ pool. In the mean time, I have to go get a tall glass of ice water and stand in front of the open freezer for a while….

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