Not Enough Time

 Most of us talk about TIME or the lack of time in each day.  While that amuses me, it is a silly thing to say because we all have the same amount of time.

24 hours or 1440 minutes or 86,400 seconds...

Our problem is NOT THE LACK OF TIME but how we manage the TIME that we have...

• We spend 8 hours sleeping (on average)
• We spend 8 hours working (on average)

That leaves us with 8 hours to do with what we want...  however, some of that time is spent eating...  shall we say 2 hours?

Now we have 6 hours...  however, we must drive to and from work...  shall we say an hour?

Now we have 5 hours...  however, we need to get ready for work and change clothes when we return home from work...  shall we say an hour?

THAT LEAVES US WITH FOUR HOURS, typically in the evening assuming most of us work first shift.

So, how do you spend your FOUR HOURS?

• Watching television/cable/Satellite
• Listening to music
• Talking with friends on the phone or next door neighbors
• Zoning out in an effort to relax
• Working on a hobby
• Playing with pets
• Listening to the news
• Reading a novel

If you noticed, I have yet to include washing and drying clothes, or cleaning the house, or working outside in the yard or washing the car, or doing outside maintenance or other chores...  usually all of these tasks are left for the weekend...  however, what about watching sports on the weekends or entertaining or going out to eat or to a movie or to a party at a neighbor's house.

When we leave tasks for the weekend, those tasks usually occupy both days...  and if you are religious then there is not much work that you want to do on Sundays, so you try to get everything done on Saturdays.

And, you wonder why you do not have enough time...