An Introduction

In today's modern society, people still face the challenge of insatiability. Sure, technology has changed, communication has changed, and the moral compass of the world has definitely shifted more south, but in light of that, we humans still have insatiable desires that won't ever change.

in·sa·tia·ble  

/inˈsāSHəbəl/

Adjective (of an appetite or desire) Impossible to satisfy: "an insatiable hunger".

Synonyms insatiate - voracious - greedy - unquenchable

For some individuals, money and power is everything, while other people couldn't be happier as long as there's beer in the fridge. As time goes by, we continuously forget that money, beer, social status, friends, family, vacations, cars, houses, looks, our childrens' accomplishments, and workplace satisfaction still isn't enough to satisfy that empty space we can't seem to fill.

As time goes by, emotions change, as we feel older and more responsible to be accomplished and successful. On the opposite end of the spectrum, if you start wealthy with little responsibility, you are more in a place of purpose seeking or living up to, and finding your way may be more challenging.

What we need to realize now, is that there is one common currency that we all share, and no matter what you do, you cannot gain more of it. That currency is time.

Researchers at the Wharton School of Business did an extensive thesis on time as a valuable commodity, but we will not go into the mathematical models here on this blog. My purpose is to awaken a desire in every one of you that constantly poses the question of "how am I spending my time?"

Let's say that your doctor told you (based on your heredity) that you are expected to live until the ripe old age of 86. While this cannot be determined by man, you can use that or several other things to try and get a good idea of how much time you have left. Now don't get me wrong, this post is not to scare you into thinking about death, but rather to challenge you to look at how you are spending your time.

If you knew you had one more hour to live, versus sixty five more years, sure, you would spend your time differently, but how you spend your time overall dictates the odds of you passing away while doing something meaningful.

#1 Sleep

You may have heard of similar studies being done, but if we assume that the average person sleeps anywhere from six to ten hours a day, this gives us an average of 8 hours a day merely sleeping. There will be deviations when you are a newborn, if you get sick, if work demands less sleep, and the like, but for all intensive purposes we will use that number 8. If you sleep an average of 8 hours a day, and there are only 24 hours in one day, you are literally sleeping 33% of your life. That leaves 67% of your time to be spent on work, school, entertainment, and everything else you spend time doing.

#2 Work

The next big category that we cannot avoid looking at is work. Given the current unemployment situation, we know that some people have more time than others, and more choices with that time. If we assume that everyone in the world works 40 hours a week, 5 days a week, that winds up being 5.7 hours a day averaging through one entire week. This ends up being around 23.75% of our total time, until we retire or cease to work for other reasons. So far, taking sleep and work into consideration, we have already decided how to spend 56.75% of our lives. Can you imagine having over 56% of your time already cashed out if you sleep on a normal schedule and work a full-time job?

**Continued next post.**