some would think, when pressed by time, we would use it more efficiently. we imagine time well spent, maximizing our attention and events in order to get the most out of it. this idea that we are getting down to the marrow of life if we could just figure out how to get at everything. planners to streamline, shorter and more strenuous exercises, fast food, quicker internet, better ways to use our money in order to get to a point where we can sit back and relax. what we forget is all that time saved leaves us with another problem we are now having to deal with.

“The morning glory which blooms for an hour differs not at heart from the giant pine, which lives for a thousand years.”

alan watts.

when the robots and machines of today start replacing us it will leave us more time to go about our leisure activities. a difficult task as we try to be as efficient with our time off. it is hard to coast. evolution did not design us this way. if you are not busy living then you are probably busy dying. the bars are full of people who are eating away at their leisure time. intoxicating themselves so as not to deal with the time they have on their hands. morning to dusk is quite long when you have the time to watch it. and what are these saved moments supposed to be for…without some sort of destination are we aiming for?

recently we are all being forced into this idle position. a type of purgatory that will mock any progress we thought we had made. in its wake, a time to pause and think about the direction we were going. to sort through the drawers in our closets and recollect the friends and families we have around us. taken to heart, a day is all one needs. it leaves plenty of time to laugh and to cry. to go about saying what was on your mind. like a miniature life, one day, if spent as if it were your last, is enough to make you feel that we have nothing to lose in tomorrow.