Rotations

Time is important, but it has its place.  We have to be places on time and start our various daily activities on time.  Otherwise, our world would operate in chaos.  On the other hand, when we don't have these timed activities in life, why do we bother with measuring the time?

The most regular untimed activity in life is our sleep cycle.  (Even if we set an alarm, the time during the sleep cycle is not consciously noticed as being timed.)  After we sleep, we wake to feel more rested than before regardless of the amount of time that has passed.  Sometimes our bodies are fine with shorter amounts, sometimes with longer or more frequent periods.  Whether short or long though, we feel better than if we had missed this untimed activity.

During our waking hours, however, we choose to measure time.  Generally,we fill it with hours that have monetary value assessed to the hours.  But there is also time, measured or not, in which we are not charging for our labor?  Do we simply pass it doing things we enjoy, or do we pass it by filling it with more timed activities?  And what is the effect on our bodies and minds if we measure the time for activities?  Are our bodies and minds more relaxed and rested, as during sleep, or more worn?

The Earth in reality just spins on its axis and rotates around the sun.  I suppose we have  gained a lot by counting the number of rotations of the Earth around the sun because it gives us some idea of the length of our lives, the amount of time an era contains, and helps us with segments of our days so that we can act in harmony with each other and accomplish some things as a society.

But, really, other than the amount of time we charge out for our labor, I think more harm is done than good when we micromanage those segments of the Earth's rotation so that we can "pack in" a whole lot of activities to attend.  Maybe we're better people for it.  We learn  how to manage our lives from some of those activities as the number of rotations around the sun accumulate.  But, I really think quality of life disappears when we micromanage our leisure segments of time.

The key is to "enjoy" our time in the sun rather than merely to be busy during our time in the sun.  And, that means that some of our little slices of life neatly packaged on some kind of regular basis should be curtailed so we can enjoy the moments that occur in unmeasured amounts.