Thursday, December 31, 2009

"Time Squared", still not enough

It is hard to believe that we are fast approaching the end of this millennium's first decade, because it seems as though we just got over the whole Y2K ordeal. And here we are on the brink of yet another milestone, the end of a decade. So, where does the time go?

Let's break it down, so that it'll be easier to understand. There have been 3650 days in those 10 years, a lifetime for some. If you figure we sleep about a third of each day, then we will have slept roughly 1218 days. Imagine that one for a moment; you are not Rip Van Winkle are you? And suppose you work 40 hours/week for let's say 48 weeks/year for those 10 years. That's an astonishing 800 days of work, approximately 25% of the time. Let's get this straight; 33% of our time we are asleep, 25% of the time we are working, that leaves nearly 42% of the remaining time to do whatever we have wanted to do. Throw in the 4 weeks of vacation, equaling 280 days, and we are left 1352 days of downtime, so to speak. In all, we have somewhere in the neighborhood of 37% of unaccounted for time. If you factor in the evening meetings, kid's events, time for exercise, meal time, watching sporting events, what I see is that 37% is just about a wash with the time you had remaining.

I hope this little exercise has shed some light on an age old problem of wondering where the time has gone. I know it has provided me with some valuable insights. Even with more time, there still wouldn't be enough. What I haven't done this year or this decade, I'm not going to let it bother me tonight. There is always next year. Just don't wait too long, because next year will be here before you know it!

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