Is there any conversation with friends or family these days without the line "...There is no time..."? The obvious response we hear from the other side is everyone has the same number of hours in a day, some are able to use it efficiently and some are not. Are we just perceiving the lack of time or is time really more readily available to a few than others?
Let me compare only my life pre and post marriage first. I don't ever remember bringing this issue of time much back then. Except ofcourse when I was averaging 80 hours a week at VPI or when I had to submit a thesis by a hard deadline. Whenever faced with prospect of less time for a task, we could cut down on a little bit of sleep or cooking or weekend relaxation. 'extra time' could be created on demand most of the time. Another way of putting this is I was not running close to maximum capacity back then, so there was enough bandwidth to "create" new time based on requirement.
Coming to the present day, when I am working close to maximum capacity with 2 kids creating "extra time" seems almost impossible. (I have given up facebook before saying this :-D ) Managing a sickness at home, or meeting a work deadline or sqeezing in travel are so daunting
Let me compare only my life pre and post marriage first. I don't ever remember bringing this issue of time much back then. Except ofcourse when I was averaging 80 hours a week at VPI or when I had to submit a thesis by a hard deadline. Whenever faced with prospect of less time for a task, we could cut down on a little bit of sleep or cooking or weekend relaxation. 'extra time' could be created on demand most of the time. Another way of putting this is I was not running close to maximum capacity back then, so there was enough bandwidth to "create" new time based on requirement.
Coming to the present day, when I am working close to maximum capacity with 2 kids creating "extra time" seems almost impossible. (I have given up facebook before saying this :-D ) Managing a sickness at home, or meeting a work deadline or sqeezing in travel are so daunting
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