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Dear /lit/
What is a phrase that is similar to “careless abandon”, but is not as strong?

Like when one is reading a really good book, and one know’s that they have something to do in the morning, but they metaphorically throw prudence to the proverbial wind and stay up all night reading anyway.

Thanks in advance

>> No.1419098

Disregarding what I had to do, I read late into the night?

>> No.1419104
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>>1419098
Thanks, but I was hoping for a bit more poetry in the words.

In return you get a picture of Bill Murray.

>> No.1419105

Procrastinating is a good enough word, I think. Or just make something up.

>> No.1419109

"Wanton disregard", perhaps?

>> No.1419110
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>>1419105
It's not really the same thing as procrastination.

And I tried to make something up, but I just can't seem to find the right words - that is why I am here.

you get a picture of bill bailey

>> No.1419112

Wearing one's heart on one's sleeve.

>> No.1419113

burning the candle at both ends

>> No.1419114

Heedlessly,
Unmindfully,
Frivolously,
Langorously (not the same nuance, but I like it - the other words seem to be suggesting the pass-time is unworthy),
Dilatorily,
Lingeringly (again, not same meaning, but - hey -).

>> No.1419115

>>1419109
Actually, general disregard may be better if you're looking to tone it down from "careless abandon".

>> No.1419116
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>>1419109
Nicer than the others

you get bill cosby

>> No.1419119
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>>1419114
I'm liking it

Billy Idol for you

>> No.1419124

Carefree?

>> No.1419129

>>1419114

The fuck? Those are all adverbs.

Fuck adverbs.

>> No.1419134
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1419134

I can post the section that I need it for so you guys can have some context.

also
>>1419119
Billy Joel

>> No.1419137

I read them, too, in much the same manner as they sat there; one in the library of my school, pen in hand and civil rights on my mind, and the other XxXxX with a hand on my heart for all the misfits and midnight bohemian animals.

>> No.1419141

>>1419137
the Xs are where the phrase should go

>> No.1419143

>>1419137

lol no

>> No.1419145

>>1419137
You want a colon or a dash, not a semicolon.

Also the second part of that is drivel. Full rewrite plz.

>> No.1419149

>>1419145
thanks for the grammar, but I'm not asking for literary criticism at the moment. This is only one sentence in a first draft - I'm just looking for a phrase that would fit for the moment.

>> No.1419154

>>1419149

>I read them, lame, in much the same lame as they lame there; one in the lame of my lame, lame in lame and lame lame on my lame, and the other lame with a lame on my lame for all the lamers and lame lame lames.

fixed

>> No.1419155

and the other nonchalantly with a hand on my heart

>> No.1419168
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>>1419155
Bill Gates for you