experiment : stop caring what time it is
why?
society tells you that you should care what time it is
you "should" wake up at this time
you "should" be hungry at this time
you "should" work these hours
you "should" have fun on these designated days and times
i kept trying to fit in someone else's time mold
i felt guilty when i didn't wake up "early enough"or needed to sleep in more
i felt guilty that i liked to work late into the night
i felt guilty if i wanted to take a nap in the middle of the day
i felt guilty if i was having fun in the middle of the week
i felt like i was supposed to eat as soon as i woke up and at set regular intervals
i felt like i was supposed to go to sleep at certain hours even if i wasn't tired
and you know what
WHO
CARES?!
no one is watching me every moment
i am capable of meeting people when i am supposed to
i am capable of attending what i should be attending
i am capable of conducting "business" even if its not at your designated times
so...
i hid the clock on my computer
changed the timezone on my email to be the southpole
got rid of the clock thats in my bedroom
the only way to check the time is
i) pressing f4 on my computer
where i have the local time and a bunch of other timezones
remember time is different everywhere else
ii) on my phone when i see if i have messages
which isn't very regularly
iii) randomly when i walking down the street trying to see what the temperature is
results (study still in progress)
it is LIBERATING
i get completely lost in my craft
i get completely lost in learning something new
i get completely lost in reading my books
i get completely lost in writing
i get completely lost in my projects
i follow what i am interested in at the moment
i don't care if i want to just keep working on something forever
i don't care if i the sun is coming up
just means i can turn off the lights
so i am enjoying the freedom of not feeling that i should work at set times
i eat when i want
i sleep when i need to
i work + learn + create for as long as i want to
now what?
we will see when the "real people" come back
it works now while everyone is away for the holidays
but it is nice to know what lifting this constraint actually has done for me
image credit : 10tenhell(Dali Clock)
nice!! What an experiment. When the people some back, you may need to find a balance, but at least you've experienced freedom of time and can dictate where that balance lays.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I think I am going to try to spend 2 days out of the work week at home. (Either Mon-Tues or Thurs-Friday.) And the weekends of course are time free as well!
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