The Precious Commodity of Time
When you go online, are you as bombarded as I am with all of the "new" planners and goal-setting journals available this year? It seems like every week an ad targets me about the one I absolutely must have in order to set, monitor and accomplish my goals. (Full disclosure: I recently did purchase a really nifty one, but it wasn't from any ad. It was discovered as I sat next to one of my cohorts and drooled.) Everywhere we look, we are reminded about time. Isn't there a mortgage broker on every corner with a neon sign ticking away the time and temp? Cable shows do countdowns until the next marathon starts. Our smart phones can even tell us to hurry up and read the latest text. Of course there's a clock in the upper right hand corner of our laptops. We really don't need wall clocks anymore. Well, if you don't watch TV or stare at your phone much, you might. But we really, really don't need watches. They are just bracelets. I stopped wearing a wa...