Time

I have just 15 minutes before I need to leave the house for the Zen Center of Denver. I spent this morning in bed reading the January 14 issue of Time magazine. It was sent to me, free of charge, from a grateful credit card company. I spent close to 2 hours reading it cover to cover, only skipping a bit if the redundant or uninteresting articles. The entire time I was reading I was wondering on the accuracy of the information and how they got each article condensed to just one page of pint. (how much of each article did they omit for the perfect fit?)

All of that aside, I realize there are many areas of our American culture I ignore or miss altogether. And then, I give two hours of my life reading Time’s canned version of all that is important or was for the past two weeks.

Just for Today, I will look at how I allocate my time. How much of it do I spend on the mundane, the unimportant, escapist pursuits and how much is spent doing worthwhile activities. Let’s see: meditation and Teisho (Zen talk), clean house, do laundry, add blog, work out at gym, practice piano, movie with hubby, make dinner, prepare for work week, (oh, where will I find the time?)

p.s. After jumping out of bed I discovered that the Zen Center is closed today. I’ll scratch that from my list and put another load of laundry in the washer. Have a good one!