Which activities make you lose track of time?

TIME LOST

I read once that of all the commodities available to people, “Time“ is the one that is available to everyone in equal terms of measure. It matters not who you are or where you are, The apportionment of time is constant we are all blessed with the same amount.

Everyone from parents, to partners, to children, and to bank managers, to the drivers of buses, piles of planes, taxi drivers, and other providers of utilities help in various ways and at various times to make us conscious of time.

Teachers, workmates, sporting coaches, work managers, leaders and followers make us conscious of time.

Stopwatches, Wristwatches, chiming clocks and other devices offer us timely reminders. So too, microwaves, electric jugs, refrigerators and freezers (when we leave the doors open), and washing machines, along with other devices are all designed to make us time conscious.

Nevertheless and notwithstanding the myriad of reminders we have to use time wisely and make every minute count, time can be wasted and the wasting of time is something I believe impacts upon us all – at least from time to time.

Not in any particular order, the following “activities“ or otherwise make me realise that my indulgences, according to this, or oversights have caused me to lose time.

Watching football on television – when I realise hours have gone by since I got up and did something.

Sitting in a chair and dozing off, particularly after a meal; I can wake up from my snoozing and find that at least 90 minutes have elapsed with what has been planned remaining undone.

Getting caught up in activities that delayed me from going to the post office, shop, or some business enterprise until it was too late because they are closed for the day – or even for the weekend.

Becoming so involved with the telephone conversation that I don’t realise that an hour has slipped by during the period of our discourse.

The time I spend attending to personal hygiene and ablutions can get away from me, particularly if I don’t have the radio going to remind me of the time.

The unconscious passing of time if I’m driving somewhere become interested in the radio program, stop to listen and possibly text the station with a question or a roof or a response.

Time is a guide and should be respected as such; however, it should not dominate our lives to such an extent that we’re on the go the whole time, never have time to relax, and don’t enjoy the company of others because we are too busy watch watching, and put more priority in time then we do on dealing with people and spending time with the ones we love.