Purchasing Time

As I was filing through my kitchen pantry, appropriately known as the anorexic pantry due to its 12in width and 16in depth, I started to write down all the necessary items for my survival.
1. Almond milk
2. eggs
3. cage free chicken breast
4. chocolate, etc.

After finishing the list, or so i thought i had, i was racking my brain for anything else i might have left off. Then it hit me. I need time. No not Thyme the spice, but time. Literal, intangible time, hours, minutes, days. Unfortunately time is not something you ca purchase, if it were i'd be anorexic due to an empty pantry and fridge because i'd spend all my money on time.

During this thought process I began to reorganize my daily life to fit in the scheduled time i do have. You know the phrase, 'so little time', it confuses me because time doesnt change. it's constant, constantly moving forward. you can't stop it, reverse it, change it, shape it, mold it or hold it. So how is it possible to have 'so little time', when you had the exact same amount of time you did the day before, two weeks before, 20 years before, even 120 years before. So why do people complain about having such little time to do anything.

if there was a "biggest complainer about not having enough time" award, I'd have 17 of them for every year I haven't had enough time since I was 5 years old. From birth until 5 years old, you don't HAVE to do anything, you don't have responsibilities, you don't have to worry, you have someone else provide life, time, health, care for you 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Which inadvertently takes up your caregivers times in your selfish ways. But that's a whole other subject for another time.

So due to the inadequate amount of time we are given daily, i vote the government redirect their spending. I wont complain about the salary of the government officials, everyone else does that enough for me, but they could redirect their spending away from building more roads, more pollutant-ridden semi trucks and buses, oh, and stop paying these famous people 12 million dollars (J.Lo) to appear on American Idol and tell people they're good or bad singers. Really $12mil? is that necessary? So if they cut the spending in non-essential areas and give back to those who need it. Obviously the government is happy with this whole 24 hours/day thing, so i dont think that will change, but they could at least pay for time in other ways. For me, they could up my hourly rate (even by $5-10) that would compensate for having 1-2 days off per work week, which would allow me to focus more on my studies, which i pay a hefty amount for- which goes to the govt- and making good grades allows me to graduate at a reasonable rate and move on to more important things; such as educating those future leaders of America.
That sounds like a win, win to me.

But for others, it's the same thing.. take just 2% of J. Lo's American Idol money and give it to the Military so that those serving can have 3 weeks of R&R instead of 2. Or have R&R more often. Because when your family is separated, the hardest thing is finding more time when your time is limited.

Sip on that.