Life Goes On In The Borough

Ah yes, I've been thinking alot lately about so many different things - aside from the actual tasks that need to get done: finding a job and growing up. I'm constantly amazed at how much time it takes me to do anything. The curtains are finally up in my bedroom - it only took a little over 4 months to go from concept to done. So with that time frame in mind, something more serious, like finding a new job and changing the direction of my life - well I don't think I've exceeded my boundaries of allowable time yet.

Here in The Borough, and in the rest of the city as well - it seems noone ever has time for anything that isn't directly related to what they need to do in a day, as much as they may say otherwise. I'm talking about not returning phone calls, not answering emails, canceling lunch or dinner or drink plans "I just don't have time". How often have you said "I wish I had time to do that" or "If only there were 2 of me, then I'd have time for fun things" Well I'm here as your wake-up call. You have time, all day everyday, it's how you choose to use it, what is really important to you and a bit of how you manage your time.

Please don't get me wrong - identifying a modern social condition and placing a value judgment on that condition are two completely different things. I'm not trying to send out a secret message to anyone about their ability or inability to respond to modern communication. It's purely an observation.

I've decided that today we should all ponder the passing of time and take stock in what we can and do accomplish everyday, even if you've left a trail of unanswered communication or unfinished projects. So take some time and reflect on these words of wisdom, some coincide with my view, others are reminders that it is most difficult to exist within a time frame:

"They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." - Andy Warhol

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." - Annie Dillard

"To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else." - Emily Dickinson

"By labor we can find food and water, but all of our labor will not find for us another hour." - Kenneth Patton

"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save." - Will Rogers

"To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing." - Eva Young

"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely"- Auguste Rodin

"Time is the most valuable thing one can spend." - Theophrastus

"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." - Groucho Marx