Time, no one has too much of it, most of us have too little of it but all of us have the same amount of it – 24 hours each day, 365 days a year. We complain about “time on our hands” and we complain that “I don’t have enough time.” We are alternately bored and time moves like molasses or we are swamped and time “flies.” Physicists and philosophers argue about whether or not time really exists and atomic clocks tell us how to be accurate to .5 of a millisecond. In some countries, it is rude to be late and in others, it is rude to expect people to be tied to a clock. It is hard to escape time. However, when we do, the world seems to slow down and become a more peaceful place.
The short ideas, quotes, questions and exercises in my daily blog are all about helping you to think about time differently. This blog is not simply or predominantly about “managing” time. Managing time is only a small aspect of our ability to deal with the time in our lives. Tips on managing time do not deal with the underlying influences that time has on our lives. If you want to better manage time, you must first see time for what it really is. These blogs will help provide the lens for a new way of looking at time. Or at least that is my intention.
Whether or not time exists in a physical sense, it is certainly a reality in our lives. If I don’t show up for work on time or keep an appointment on time, it may cost me my job or a friend. Some of us control our time better than others and some of us can never seem to control our time. The daily thoughts and challenges in this blog are designed to help you think about and deal more effectively with the seconds and minutes of your life. The more zealous you are about answering the questions each day and conducting some of the suggested activities in my blog, the more valuable these blogs will be for you.
It is a great deal like going on a diet. You cannot simply read about the diet, you must practice the diet. This blogs will work for you if you read, reflect, answer and perform the daily reflections. Do not be tempted to skip over a question or think that you will come back to it tomorrow. Tomorrow will be another day. Do each day, one at a time and don’t skip or ignore any of the questions. If you do these faithfully, you will find that your world and the way you think about time have forever changed. The ultimate goal of my blogs is to help make you a master of time rather than a slave of time.
Aging Capriciously 
Feb 26, 2020 @ 10:17:23
How we use our time can make a difference
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Feb 26, 2020 @ 16:07:32
No argument. My book is all about how we use time..
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Jun 28, 2026 @ 07:43:34
Hello, John. I saw that you subscribed to my humble blog, so I came over to see what you may be about. I like to know how others’ blogs were inaugurated. That is why I came to your earliest posts. Much of my professional career was in management roles, and I taught many a class on (so-called) Time Management. I’d be interested to follow these early posts of yours, but not sure I have the time ! 😉🥸 Irony intended. Not meaning to shift accountabilities – my choices are still my choices re: use of time – but my housemates (wife and son) require a fair amount of attention from me. I am posting this comment on ‘stolen’ time, so to speak. In any case, I do hope to invest some time on your blog. Time will tell!
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Jun 28, 2026 @ 11:04:10
Dear Edward or Professor? How would you like to be called this time? Next time I could try a different nom de plume. I give you the “Time Management” of the month award since you have easily surpassed your next closest competitor in terms of the number of times and the metaphors on time that you have used. I could actually give you a letter grade if you are more comfortable with that. I would guess from all your time teaching that there were many times you gave out grades. Hmm, I think you definitely deserve an A+ for your efforts. I am not always so lenient but since time is as you know short at our age and since I also have a wife who likes me to spend some time with her, I must cut this short. I cannot say I spent a great deal of “effort” , hah, thought I was going to say time right? On your grade. I hope in the future you can take the time to read all 1500 of my blogs. I have spent over 15 years of hard time working on these blogs and if you do read every one of them, I promise there will be a reward in Heaven or some place in the univesrse for someone with the patience and time to do so. Yours truly, John
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Jun 29, 2026 @ 11:57:47
Hey, by the way, John, FYI, for what it’s worth, and just so’s ya know… I am also a USAF veteran. And my first name is John. I go by my middle name – Edward (Ed or Eddie). My dad’s name was John, and he was a Junior.
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Jun 29, 2026 @ 12:07:43
Hi Ed. My fathers name was John so I am the Junior. However, my father remarried and named his next first born John. So I have a 1/2 brother John but he has adopted the name John Persico III. I think he feels that is somewhat distinquished or something. I hardly ever use JR. since it feels somewhat pompous. I was in the USAF from 64-68. My AFSC was 30352 and I was an AC&W Radar Technician. I have written several blogs about my experiences in the AF. I will be forever greatful for them getting me out of trouble and providing funds for me to go to college. The AF truly changed my life for the better. John
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Jun 30, 2026 @ 06:43:24
I was active duty USAF from 1977-92. Yes, the AF changed my life, too; in so many ways! My initial AFSC was 20850, Voice Processing Specialist; but I went to OTS and became an Intel Officer.
Interesting to have a half-brother with the same name! My dad went by Junior most of his life among a certain crowd, but mostly he was John. He gave my older brother his middle name, Thomas; and I got his first name. My middle name, the name I have gone by all my life, was from my mom’s youngest brother.
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Jun 30, 2026 @ 12:22:05
Dear Ed,
Fifteen years. How come you decided to get out? Was it the right decision?
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Jun 30, 2026 @ 13:47:30
Yes. It was the right decision. I can’t say we don’t sometimes wonder how things would have gone if we stayed those 5+ more years, though. Lots of factors and long stories involved, but bottom line, I felt it was time to return to what I considered ‘my calling’ – so I resigned my commission to become a pastor. I’m not sure how you believe about such things, but it was not just a ‘feeling,’ it was that I was (am) convinced that I had heard a clear instruction from the Holy Spirit. As I said, lots of accompanying stories about how it was all accomplished and how it developed.
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Jun 30, 2026 @ 17:53:06
Dear Edward, I am not a practicing Catholic but I have done 43 consecutive Jesuit retreats. Each has been a three day silent retreat led by a retreat master from one of the various Jesuit retreat establishments in the USA. I have learned a lot about people hearing a voice from God and following a calling. I admire that very much. Nevertheless, I adhere to a more or less Atheistic position on God. Here are three blogs I have written on the subject if you are interested.
75 % Atheist and 25 % Percent Agnostic
In Defense of Atheism or So You Don’t Really Believe That I am an Atheist?
What Does AI Think About God, Satan, Heaven and Hell – A Dialogue with Me
A Candid Conversation With God: What Do We Talk About?
I have written so many more but this is just a smattering. I even wrote a parable about Jesus. I figured that I could add to the very small collection of Jesus stories.
Jesus: An Untold Story
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