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24 Hours Is Never Enough

How are we supposed to handle it all?

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24 Hours Is Never Enough
Gephardt Daily

Does it seem like all day you run errands and try to make time for yourself and yet you come to realize it is alot harder to do because we only have twenty-four hours in a day? Well, you are not alone. I too have experienced this frustration as reality hit me that I only have so many hours to use at my disposal, hence why twenty-four hours is not enough (although I am not sure how we can change it and if it would even work). Thus, how we use said time we are given is like trying to jam a circle block into a square one when we were kids - it just will not happen (although if it did, that would be pretty cool to see).

1.) You wake up to find out what you are planning to do...

And come to realize that you have no idea how to even complete those tasks and have time to enjoy your interests and hobbies. What are you to do?

Yeah, this is not going to be a good day at all... I probably should have went to bed sooner...or learned to set my alarm.


2.) You head out to try and accomplish your tasks and you run into...

A crash. Your body is tired midday and you are just wanting to make right with your bed again.

Well, maybe four cups of coffee can keep me going...? Or will it be eight? I am so tired...


3.) You finish work, and you have errands to run...

Go get groceries, go drop something off, pick up something, etc. We still can not go home even after getting done with work.

Okay, gotta get food, pick up the mail, pick up the kids, what else have I not done before midnight? Wait, what time is it?


4.) Finishing said errands to come home to...

Doing more work before you finally get to relax in your bed.

Ok I have to clean the bathroom, dust the house, vacuum the house, clean the kids' rooms, feed the family, feed the pets. Is it ten o'clock?


5.) Finally finishing your tasks to find out...

It is time to go to bed. Yup, all twenty-four hours have been used to the point where you have hardly any time for yourself. Congratulations.

Aye... It is eleven o'clock, I have classes tomorrow morning, and I still have yet to beat that game I borrowed or do my homework for those classes. Should I stay up or should I sleep?


Overall, there is not enough time in the day or anyone with a busy schedule to get any time for leisure, as it is centered on everything and everyone else. Even I can not get all I want done in a day and have time for myself - between classes, work, and other commitments, I find I barely have time for leisure (and if I do, I am putting off said commitments or homework in order to enjoy some me-time).

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