The Value of a Single Day

I have had several friends make fun of me for my outlook on sleeping. As much as I enjoy it when I’m exhausted, I also resent it. No matter how long I (you) live, if sleep consumes six to eight hours per night, 25%-33% of a life is spent sleeping. That’s time that can never be gotten back. Yes… it’s necessary, but it’s also a big chunk of a life. It makes me ponder what each day holds and what we do with them.
Assuming you spend just six hours out of each day sleeping, that leaves eighteen hours. If you eat expeditiously, you spend another hour eating, leaving seventeen. If you drive a half hour each way to work and spend eight hours at work, you consume another nine and leave just eight hours for yourself. Yes, that’s different on days you don’t work, but every work day fairly conforms to this count. It leaves eight hours for you to do whatever most interests or best suits you. Most of us don’t really…
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The remainder of this essay can be found in the book “Farther Down The Road”
Farther Down the Road – Where does your life’s road lead?
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