Time. wasted.
TIme is our most valuable resource. We all know this. It goes by uncontrollably and it is finite. Yet there are times in life when people, places and things will consume this time for the worse, and unfortunately there will be little you can do about it.
Quick Disclaimer: This isn’t a read about time management, efficiency, using post it notes and calendars, or sorting your emails. It’s about the perceived value of time in general and how we use it.
Safeguards
These are the “walls” that we put up to protect us from that which we don’t want. The plus side of having walls is it does allow you, to some degree, control what you let in and filter what you keep out. Sadly, we all fall into this trap at one time or another and in the end the walls are an illusion.
Why is this? Because undesirable things still happen to you. Your walls don’t work 100% of the time, so you get frustrated and try to build bigger tougher walls only to find that a bigger and tougher foe comes along to kick them down. This is the result of being too reactionary, and not clearly defining what you want early enough in the process. So if you are a gated community, ask yourself if the gate was put up to keep crime out or keep you locked in (10 points if you know where that quote came from).
