More Resolutions and a Proposal

I'd like to propose to the national council of scientists, astronomers, smart people, whoever - that time elapses at a different rate for adults than children. And I don't mean it in a perceptual sense. How is it that almost always when you check the time it is several hours later, but only feels like 30 minutes has passed? Isn't it strange especially when you are busy that time moves faster? It's like time is playing a game with you. Time is betting that you didn't realize how much time has gone by before freaking out that you have only accomplished half of what you hoped to. A lot of people may think their biggest competitors are their peers, but I think it's time. You run out of time and that's it. You're pretty much screwed. I like to compare it to a time bomb. There's no negotiating with a bomb that's set to explode. You either figure out how to unwire it before time runs out or you die.

The strange thing is that as a kid time seemed to move so slowly, especially when you were in school. I remember grade school - we had three recesses: one at 10am, the second after lunch and the last one at 2pm (can you tell what were my favorite times of day?) It was torture waiting for the recess bell to ring. And if I remember correctly the first and final recesses were only 15 minutes long, yet it felt like a very long time. A lot was accomplished at recess even though we had 15 minutes. We had time to play tag (using the dumpster as the safety area), Red Rover, Duck-Duck-Goose, jump rope, hop scotch, chinese jump rope, talk about who's the cutest singer in New Kids on the Block, get the latest Green Bay Packers trading cards from the police officers who'd stop by in their cruiser (sometimes get a ride around the block in one) and the list can go on. Now? I can't even get to work in 15 minutes let alone get ready in that time for work.

I've come up with more resolutions for the new year. This year I will work smarter and not harder. I've told this to myself before, but I will be even more vigilant on everything I do. It will be my motto for the year.