Most of us struggle with the "time famine"?the pervasive feeling of never having enough time. Schaper helps us think through the practical and spiritual elements of the time famine and helps us instead aim for a feast. Schaper?s advice centers around our mind-set?understanding both the structural and personal reasons we feel so pressed, clarifying what?s important to us or not, and setting realistic expectations, while enriching the time we have.
Contents
Why we don't have enough time -- The importance of numbers : sizing up your time trouble -- What if time was as important to you and your life as water and you didn't know it -- Time famine as a really good first world problem -- Knowing what's important : elemental approaches to time -- Doing something new -- The turn towards the practical -- The importance of numbers : so teach us to number our days -- Speckness -- Facing facts as we face god -- That pesky first world problem.