Soul of the World by Christopher Dewdney

Author:Christopher Dewdney [Christopher Dewdney ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781443403184
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada

I have my own problems. Try as I might, I cannot get out of my house sooner than two hours after I wake up. Other people don’t need this much time, so I decided to write down my morning schedule and analyze why it takes me so long. I usually get up at 8:30 a.m., turn down my sheets to air them, put on a pair of shorts and a T-shirt, then wash my face and shave. That takes twelve minutes. By 8:42 I’m downstairs. I open the blinds, look in the mailbox and go to the kitchen. Two minutes. Eight forty-four finds me drinking orange juice and putting away last night’s dishes. Now it’s 8:52. I listen to my phone messages. Three minutes, unless I have to answer one immediately.

For the next twelve minutes I prepare breakfast: a bowl of cereal with fresh slices of banana and mango. I also put coffee and some water into the coffee maker. But I don’t eat breakfast right away. I eat it after my exercises. At 9:06 I’m doing stretches and weights in the living room. Six minutes. Then I finish my juice, take some vitamins and go jogging. My route winds through a neighbourhood park and several blocks around my house. Fifteen minutes. At 9:32 I start the coffee maker, go upstairs, shower, wash my hair and dress. Eleven minutes. Back downstairs I start eating breakfast. Now it’s 9:44. After I pour a coffee it’s 9:52. Breakfast, unrushed, took eight minutes. I wash the dishes in four minutes flat.

I take the coffee upstairs to my study and turn on my computer. My computer requires a minute and a half just to load the desktop icons. I log on to my email account and read my new messages. This takes ten minutes, usually. If I have to respond immediately to an email, I’m there longer. I look up at the clock: it’s 10:07. I finish my coffee and go to the bathroom to blow-dry my hair and brush my teeth. Five minutes there, now it’s 10:12. If I had to leave now for an appointment, I’d go downstairs, gather my keys, wallet, cellphone and whatever else I needed and head out. That takes another four minutes. By 10:17 I’d be in the garage and putting my things in the car before opening up the garage door (it’s manual), moving the car out of the garage and then reclosing the door. It would now be 10:21. A record. One phone call, a complicated email, and that departure time could easily be pushed to 10:41.

On a good morning I can begin work in my study at 11:00, and on an interrupted morning, by 11:45. On the days I’m not teaching I work for four hours in the afternoon—though, if I have any errands to do (grocery shopping, bookstore visits, research), I try to leave the house by 1:30 p.m. to get a few things done before rush hour, which starts at 3:00 p.m. and can add as much as an hour to any trip.

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