Re: Learning to feel time

[Anonymous]

I have an analog carabiner watch (bought at Mark’s Work Wearhouse) – it’s useful for timing yoga poses when I teach. But you can’t replace the battery on it, so every 3 years I have to buy a new one. They’re not terribly well made, sometimes the timer button will just fall off, so if you buy one, give it hell in the store before you take it home.

I use a carabiner for my keys, and I have a Mountain Equipment Coop document bag (a small pouch that has a shoulder strap large enough to sling it over my opposite shoulder). I clip the carabiner to my bag so that I can’t get into my car or house without remembering the bag. And the bag is big enough that if I can’t find my keys, I’m sure to find the bag. I have a wicker basket with a lid (aka laundry basket) by the front door and that’s where it goes when I come inside, so I know where to find it when I leave. If any of those things go awry, I am lost!

Ok, back to this post’s topic: I used a timer to time 15 minute segments all day long, and not one 15 minute segment felt the same as another. I still have no clue what 15 minutes feels like, but I know what I got done today, and managed to stay on track (I was afraid of what my task timer chart would have looked like otherwise), so that’s a positive. Going to give it a go again tomorrow!

I have a digital watch that can beep on the hour, but I am really good at ignoring the beep. Sometimes it’s because the beep is too faint to hear, but other times it’s because my mind is going “yeah, yeah, just a minute – I’m busy doing something else right now” 😡

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