Try to imagine a life without timekeeping.

[Ronni]

I know some (many?) of you are not ruled by time. I am.

Yes, I will ALWAYS be busy. It is simply not in my nature to be idle or lazy.

That said, I want to be busy at my discretion, and not by some arbitrary set of numbers dictated by clocks and schedules. I am, currently, ruled by time, given the nature of my life. I am a clock watcher. I dole out my time in measured amounts to each person, task, activity, event, chore on my list, those slices of time often determined by factors not of my personal preference. Maybe one day, in the dim and distant future, that won't be the case. One can but dream!

 

[Aunt Mavis]

Fantastic. Imagine life without “the news” too.

 

[hollydolly]

Well Birds, Deer and dogs don't have other people relying on them for their lives....

 

[fuzzybuddy]

As one of those people, who are never on time. I can leave 3 hours before I have to be there, and somehow I wind up ten minutes late. And I have no problem sitting in my home, watching cartoons all day long.

 

[oldaunt]

Time doesn't matter unless I'm forced to someone' else's schedule for an appointment. The stomach tells me when to eat, and the dogs tell me when to feed the critters, so no clocks needed. I have plenty to do, whenever I want to do it.

 

[chic]

Working makes time keeping necessary. I totally get it.

 

[Jace]

My DH
had a 'time-sensitive' job..
that just 'rubber off' on me.

Guess I'll always be.

 

[Lilac]

My animals know exactly what time they get fed everyday & are more than willing to let me know I'm slacking off if their meal isn't ready for them. Same with my grandparents dairy cows wanting milked.

 

[Balzac]

No need to imagine a life without timekeeping: British Rail already achieved it long ago

 

[PeppermintPatty]

The animals know what time it is. The only thing that messes them up is when we put time back & forth. I’d be ok with not knowing what time it is. I’ve always got a rough idea which is good enough.

 

[hollydolly]

My animals know exactly what time they get fed everyday & are more than willing to let me know I'm slacking off if their meal isn't ready for them. Same with my grandparents dairy cows wanting milked.

yep same with the family dogs.....

 

[Naturally]

I try to keep up with days but too often, easily lose track
Time just keeps everything from happening at once. That's all time is.

 

[Been There]

Ronni—I don’t quite understand your need to project time in accordance with each duty you have to perform each day. My doctor schedules appointments 15 minutes apart, but he doesn’t necessarily stick to it. Sometimes I get 15 minutes, sometimes he gives me 10 mins and sometimes I get 20 or more minutes. He told me that he is supposed to allow 15 minutes per patient.

When I work, I take as much or as little as time as necessary to get the job done right. If I only alliw myself 1 hour to get the job at hand done correctly and at the end of the hour I need another 10 minutes to wrap it up, I don’t walk away from it. I stay with it until it meets my own approval.

 

[jimintoronto]

When I worked on the Ambulance service, we had NINETY SECONDS to get out of the station and on the road to a code 4 call . The shift change was at either 7 AM or 7 PM, and the new shift ( by tradition ) came in 15 minutes early, so the old shift could undress shower and then book off with dispatch and go home. Sometimes the hot line would ring at a few minutes before 7 and only one of the new shift would be in the station. In that case, one of the old shift would go out with the one new shift person, do the call, go to the hospital, then come back and book off, claiming the over time pay for that call. Sometimes that call might run up to an hour of over time pay, at time and a half of the man's regular pay per hour. JImB.