Before you beat yourself up for not managing your time more effectively, read this observation made by Scott Adams in his Dilbert Blog:
"Let’s say you have a typical life and try to live it in the healthiest way. You might allocate your 24-hour weekday this way:
Sleep: 8 hoursExercise: 1 hourWork: 8 hoursEating: 2 hours (leisurely)Hygiene: 1 hourTravel: 1 (Commute, errands)
That leaves you three hours for family time, sex, shopping, food preparation, chores, household repair, volunteering in the school, and so on. If you have a dentist appointment, or your talkative relative calls, or American Idol has a two-hour special, you’re tapped out.
It’s a challenge to live a happy life if you aren’t giving enough attention to all of those categories, yet doing so is nearly impossible."
He proposes three possible solutions we can choose from:
One- Become independently wealthy, thereby freeing up the eight hours allocated for work.
Two- Ignore health concerns like sleep and exercise, but get fat and die.
Three- Work less, and live on cat food when you retire.
It only goes to prove that existentialism is not for the weak of heart.
The entire post (along with discussion comments) can be read at:
http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2008/04/time-management.html
JP
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