Time distortions
How is it that when you are in a rush, time goes oh so quickly. And, when you have time to kill (like waiting for someone or something) it seems to slow right down?
I am currently on holiday and my time in this environment is different from the time I spend at home. I wake, whenever. I eat breakfast, I laze around and I have no care about the time at all. I am relaxed and the time seems worthwhile. Compare that to when I am at home or at work and how time suddenly becomes so much more important as I ‘get stuff done’.
Time, in itself, is a very strange concept when you come to think of it - an illusion. Whether it is a second, a minute or a day; I often wonder how much value I should place on any one unit, or how I know, if ever, that I am wasting it. What’s my measurement?
Then there is the thought that although it seems like Christmas has just been, we are nearly half way through the year, or indeed, that at 37, I am potentially half way through my own life.
Most people talk about ’spending’ time. It seems like the adage about money - “knowing the cost of everything and the value of nothing”.
It’s funny how these big thoughts surface when I have ‘time on my hands’.
Tags: General NLP talk