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I watched a movie recently that had an interesting dialogue in it. I Can’t quote the movie verbatim, but here is the gist of it:

• Character 1: I really wish I chad more time to train so that I could be as good as you.
• Character 2: We are all given but 24 hours in a day. You clearly don’t want it that badly, or you would train. Instead you do that which is important to you. We all do.

I think this holds a lot of truth. I really wish that I had time to post on this blog regularly as I have a lot to say, but I just can’t find the time to do so. Others who are equally busy have been prolific blog writers (Amanda) for the better part of two years.  So what do I do with my time? Good question.

Thinking about it, I spend the better part of my day working. I log only 8 hours a day, but I am awake at 7:00am, working by 8am, and am not finished lately until after 10pm. I sleep around 12pm, leaving me with 2 hours of unallocated time. This time I typically use to catch up with friends, study, or read.  This is atypical though, as I normally have a fairly different schedule. Things have been different recently because I’ve been working in Montreal. I fly out Monday mornings, and fly back to Toronto on Thursday evenings. Effectively, travel time is the largest waste that I have in a given week.

When I am working in Toronto I generally drive the following amounts:

• To work: 1 hour x 5 days
• From work: 1 hour x 5 days
• Errands: 45 minutes x 7 days
• Visit friends: 1 hour each way x 2 days (4 hours)
• Visit girlfriend: 1 hour each way (2 hours)
• TOTAL:  21.25 hours

Incredible. No wonder my car is ~30,000km heavier since I bought it in January.