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Our calendar is based off of cyclical and linear time.
(Cyclical; recurring days of the weak, seasons, months, and so forth)
(Linier - the progression of the years on the Calendar).
Our clocks are based off of the rotations of the heavenly or celestial bodies (e.x. Days - the rotation of the earth around its own axis; Months, the rotation of the moon, Years, the rotation of the earth around the sun).
I'm curious if anyone has any deeper thoughts on the subject; there are books on time written by various thinkers here and there which might be worth checking out someday.
As far as "keeping time" or "self-scheduling goes", I believe that many, if not most do a horrible job of managing their time; I keep mental track of every second; whereas some seem to "horde" time, or erroneously believe they don't have "enough", or conversely, perhaps believe they have "infinite time".
Much as many people "waste" time on frivolous things and causes; there may be no exact science as to what "productive" vs "unproductive" time is, but on some case or level, I suppose people can know it when they see it; often, as per serious businessmen and women, I'd argue or postulate that the good or "correct" use of time isn't limited to the specific "activites" themselves, but to how the time itself is actually used within the context of specific activities (e.x. such as "working hours" not equating to actual productive time spend "on the clock", or people who don't keep good track of time to begin with vastly overestimating the time spend 'working', or how much of those working hours actually translated into productive activity or activities to begin with).
Given that time is a mathematical concept, I may explore the mysteries of time and mathematics more on my own (as opposed to "math", or "simple arithmetic" which is on the level of something a child should or would be expected to be able to keep up with under many so-called or supposedly "normal" circumstances).
(Cyclical; recurring days of the weak, seasons, months, and so forth)
(Linier - the progression of the years on the Calendar).
Our clocks are based off of the rotations of the heavenly or celestial bodies (e.x. Days - the rotation of the earth around its own axis; Months, the rotation of the moon, Years, the rotation of the earth around the sun).
I'm curious if anyone has any deeper thoughts on the subject; there are books on time written by various thinkers here and there which might be worth checking out someday.
As far as "keeping time" or "self-scheduling goes", I believe that many, if not most do a horrible job of managing their time; I keep mental track of every second; whereas some seem to "horde" time, or erroneously believe they don't have "enough", or conversely, perhaps believe they have "infinite time".
Much as many people "waste" time on frivolous things and causes; there may be no exact science as to what "productive" vs "unproductive" time is, but on some case or level, I suppose people can know it when they see it; often, as per serious businessmen and women, I'd argue or postulate that the good or "correct" use of time isn't limited to the specific "activites" themselves, but to how the time itself is actually used within the context of specific activities (e.x. such as "working hours" not equating to actual productive time spend "on the clock", or people who don't keep good track of time to begin with vastly overestimating the time spend 'working', or how much of those working hours actually translated into productive activity or activities to begin with).
Given that time is a mathematical concept, I may explore the mysteries of time and mathematics more on my own (as opposed to "math", or "simple arithmetic" which is on the level of something a child should or would be expected to be able to keep up with under many so-called or supposedly "normal" circumstances).
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