In reference to the idea that there is such a thing as "free time"…
I disagree. If you look at the concept from the vantage point of a living human (which is, technically, the only way you can truly look at it) every moment you are alive is "time spent". This leads me to believe that whether the time has been allotted to be "spent" doing a certain task, or whether it is time in which you have no task prearranged, you are still "spending" it either doing something, or nothing: You are still paying the clock.
This brings me to the question of whether or not the concept of time ownership is a valid one. Whether or not you are around during a specific measure of time, that time is still passing. You have no control over whether the time will pass, or not. Does that make sense? Try this…for the next couple of moments, try not to spend any time. It didn't work, did it?! It's not in your control.
In other words, the correct way to frame the concept would more likely be how you "spend life" during a specific measure of time. It's kind of sobering and arresting when you think of it that way. Instead of "wasting time" you're "wasting life".
"I spent 12 hours on the job today."
"I spent 12 hours worth, of my life, on the job today."
Ouch!
Maybe you have already come to this epiphany. Maybe I'm preaching to the choir. Maybe the difference in perspective doesn't matter to you. The more I think about it, the more it does to me.
Well, I've wasted enough time writing about this whole thing, so I'm off!
