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June 25, 2007
3.5 hours
The Husband and I were talking last week about how much time we spend at work. Not just the 40 hours we’re paid for, but the time spent in preparation for work, at the gym and then decompressing from the work day. In total, we spend 12.5 hours each day thinking about work, preparing for work, or processing what happened at work. Add that to the 8 hours of sleep we attempt to get every night, and we are left with 3.5 hours of “free” time. Take away 1 hour each night for dinner preparations and consumption. This leaves a maximum of 2.5 hours of quality time available. Subtract the following: 30 minutes on Monday for volunteering, 2 hours each on Tuesday and Wednesday. This leaves us with 8 hours together during the work week. 8. hours. Amazing, isn’t it?
June 19, 2007
Climax
Why is is that bad situations always have an escalation period? Illicit affairs, drug use, troubles with relatives or friends, etc. Is there a division of psychology devoted to this? There should be. It’s like learning the elements of plot in eleventh grade English: exposition, rising action, build up, climax, falling action, resolution. Except real life doesn’t always have a tidy resolution. Sometimes we’re left at the climax.
