WEEK 5 READING – TIME

I felt a bit torn by this week’s reading. The idea of being time-savvy was easily distinguished, but there was a lot of waffling around the subject. It wasn’t easy to engage with, but it’s not a difficult concept to apply to everyday life. As we strive to spend less time working, we want to be able to spend more time in a leisurely manner. And what constitutes leisure anyway? Making music is a great past-time of mine, and there is a monetary value that can be attached to that. It purely depends on strategy and innovation.

I have asked myself this question though: “Am I being too selfish spending time developing my skills rather than putting my knowledge now into practice?”. The answer harks back to last weeks reading teasing out the passion/craftsman debate. Over time, the more skills learned will amount to more options and the rewards will come. That’s my approach for now anyway. I want to build a career fundamentally based on skills, driven by a passion to deliver splurges of entertainment to others. But I have committed to starting small, and this is where I think it pays to be selfish – by spending time on my musical and multimedia crafts.

Something that caught me a little off-guard in the reading was the thought that autonomous cars will eventually provide a place for people to work while they go to work. Maybe I’m just picking up the wrong tone, but this sounds to me like it’s missing the point of having extra time. I can honestly see a future of people being driven around in autonomous vehicles, spending the time catching up on sleep… Or maybe you could drive from job to job 8 hours at a time and sleep the whole way there. Just an idea. Keeping an open mind…

– Gabe

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