Graham🐝 Edwards

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Moments — 86,400 seconds

Moments — 86,400 seconds


I’m not sure she meant to be so loud when she lamented, “There is just not enough time in the day”. She was though, and I heard her from the other side of the room.

1b1d24b1.jpgOne day. 24 hours. 1,440 minutes. 86,400 seconds **. This is all we get to work with. This is all the time we get each day to do everything we believe we need to do.
And everyone is equal in this regard — there isn’t someone who is getting a second more or a second less. 

I can’t be sure what was causing her frustration with time but I can only assume she was juggling number of things she needed to get done. Had she just been overly optimistic with what she could get done, was it poor prioritization, or maybe she’s just not very efficient at getting things done. The only thing I can be certain of, no matter what the reason, she wasn’t very happy.

Every day we allot time for what we have to do and manage our 86,400 seconds accordingly; it becomes one of the purest examples of opportunity cost… If I go out with friends for drinks I suppose I can’t go to the gym, unless of course I get up two hours earlier, but then I won’t be able to see the kids off to school…

It’s a constant exercise of juggling these 86,400 seconds, and more importantly, using them efficiently to get done what you want to get done. Sadly, they are one use only.

And hopefully another 86,400 seconds comes along.

iamgpe

** I really hope my math is accurate


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Graham🐝 Edwards

6 years ago#2

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Thanks for the comment Susan \ud83d\udc1d Rooks, the Grammar Goddess... funny how things seem to go that way. Did you end up getting the hot water you were hoping for?
Well, Graham\ud83d\udc1d Edwards, I don't know about your math (or mine), but your ideas are spot-on. It's always a juggling act, isn't it? That is, if we're still working, and trying to fit 30 hours' worth of work/play/sleep into a 24-hour day. And yes, tomorrow I'm up early because I have three things to do, all by 8 a.m. My new gas heater is supposed to arrive between 8-10, and I need to hit Walmart for something and then drop off my networking stuff to the meeting that I won't be attending, all so I can be home for the heater that likely then won't arrive for two more hours. Of course, if I'm late ... it'll be here on time, ready to be installed.

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