An Extra Hour

Saturday night we gained an extra hour by setting the clocks back.  This got me thinking about having an extra sixty minutes and what we do with them.  I’ve used this extra hour differently over the course of my life.  A few times I’ve used it in ways I’d rather not get into.  But mostly I’ve either stayed up later or cashed in on an extra hour of sleep.  

What’s interesting is that we can be pretty specific about how we would spend extra money.  If I gave you $100 and asked you how you planned to spend it, you could give me a pretty concrete answer.  But if you were given an extra hour one day, how would you use it?  Can you answer that question in specific ways?  I’m guessing that’s a harder question.  Hopefully most of us have some idea about budgeting our money.  But time is a very valuable commodity too.  It is well worth budgeting the resource of time.  As we move toward the holidays, it might be worth a look at how you budget your time.  Are you in the red?  Are you being generous with your time?  Are you making wise investments?  Each of us has a different level of income.  But when it comes to time, our “income” is the same - 24 hours a day for each of us.