{"id":189,"date":"2012-04-29T18:07:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nialangley.com\/blog\/book-of-questions-question-35.html"},"modified":"2017-04-11T21:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T21:30:25","slug":"book-of-questions-question-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nialangley.com\/blog\/book-of-questions-question-35\/","title":{"rendered":"The Book of Questions: Question 35"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good day, readers! I ask that you please bare with me, as my finals week starts tomorrow. I can barely believe my first year of college is about over! Crazy. Anyway, to hold you over, here&#8217;s another question&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t seen my <i>The Book of Questions<\/i> feature before, here&#8217;s what it&#8217;s all about:<\/p>\n<p>I take a question from this book written by Gregory Stock, Ph.D., write my response, and ask for your response.<\/p>\n<p>This is the 10th question I&#8217;m asking you all and the 35th in the book.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION 35:<br \/>\n<b>Would you give up half of what you now own for a pill that would permanently change you so that one hour of sleep each day would fully refresh you?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>MY RESPONSE:<br \/>\n<i>No! I love to sleep!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW-UP QUESTION:<br \/>\n<b>Do you feel you have enough time? If not, what would give you that feeling? How much has your attitude about time changed as you&#8217;ve aged?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>MY RESPONSE:<br \/>\n<i>Sometimes, I feel like don&#8217;t have enough time in the day. Sometimes, I feel like I need many, many more hours to finish what I want finished. Other times, I feel like the day has been stretched out too long. I don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p>What gives me that feeling? On the &#8220;short&#8221; days, it&#8217;s usually the amount of activities, classes, and meetings I have to do in a given day. Procrastination can also make time seem very short. On those long days, I think being close to the weekends affects how I look at the time. Weekends can&#8217;t come soon enough. Also, if I&#8217;ve been doing an activity for a long time, I feel like time is going by slowly.<\/p>\n<p>As I&#8217;ve aged&#8230;pause. I haven&#8217;t really aged much. I&#8217;m still rather young, but I&#8217;ve learned this: Time truly is precious. Any moment could be the end of my life. ANY moment. I don&#8217;t have time for games. Every breath is another chance to live. We cannot take that fact lightly because there are those who don&#8217;t have another chance at all. Time is precious, and we may not always be a part of it, so don&#8217;t take it for granted.<br \/>\nAlso, you can&#8217;t &#8220;make&#8221; time for something. People say stuff like &#8220;I&#8217;m making time for this.&#8221; or &#8220;I&#8217;ll make time for you.&#8221; No. Time is already here. There isn&#8217;t less or more of it (unless it&#8217;s Daylight Savings Time&#8230;kidding). It&#8217;s just here, so you can&#8217;t make or create anymore. What I&#8217;ve learned is that one must TAKE time to do things. Yes, take time. It&#8217;s here, so I take it to do whatever needs to be done. 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