I decline invitations to evening parties chiefly because beside the time spent…
I decline invitations to evening parties chiefly because beside the time spent, commonly ill, in the party, the hours preceding & succeeding the visit, are lost for any solid use, as I am put out of tune for writing or reading. That makes my objection to many employments that seem trifles to bystander as packing a trunk, or any small handiwork, or correcting proof sheets, that they put me out of tune.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks 7:54
life starts with the evening parties – you work all day so you can afford to go to the parties and meet people whom you mix and mingle with to know how long you have the source for the next job.
Ralph must have been mighty proud of himself- I doubt if he was ever meant to have a new Ford pickup truck?
It is okay to be “out of tune” so as to maintain balance. It is good to come out of your head from intellectual pursuit once in a while…keeps you healthy to move in multiple opportunities of life.