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Friday, September 24, 2021

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2411 - REPRINT: Time Issue for the THIRD time - Pink Floyd and More



A Sense of Doubt blog post #2411 - REPRINT: Time Issue for the THIRD time - Pink Floyd and More


I have done this post twice before in different versions. This reprint marks the third version with some extra visuals. Below is the link to the first version from 2020, before the pandemic, and then again, in January of 2021 in a more extended version.

Welcome to version three.


From February 6, 2020: A Sense of Doubt blog post #1815 - Time Issue - Pink Floyd









From January 29, 2021: A Sense of Doubt blog post #2173 - The Time Issue - Time Management by Pink Floyd, Tom Waits, and David Bowie

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2173 - The Time Issue - Time Management by Pink Floyd, Tom Waits, and David Bowie

Short post that I use in classes on time management.

SUBJECT: THE TIME ISSUE (a la Pink Floyd)

This issue of time management came up last week in the “strange nature discussion” item, and I had additional remarks. Feel free to comment, question, extend. This item is somewhat for fun (hence the video) not strictly academic...

I understand the time issue. This is a frequent discussion we have as I am accused of expecting too much with my vague "do extra." So I get it. Given that I am in school myself plus working more than full time, I struggle as the rest of you do to balance work, family, and school. 

Did I share my favorite time management web site?

https://appliedcomputing.wisconsin.edu/current-students/student-services/time-management-calculator/

and I wanted to share to share it with all of you. Give it a try. It’s a time calculator that uses a pie chart to divided up the time you spend on things throughout your day, so you can see where all of your time goes. I was amazed at how quickly it filled up and left me with limited free time and limited time for sleep.

Here’s mine:


So I have some free time if I wanted to do school again. I left out some things, too, such as meetings or writing time.

Also, I wanted to chime in on the subject of to-do lists. I have been trying to change myself from an unorganized and procrastinating person for years. I tried to adopt my friend’s method of making lists and actually doing the things on the list. But I would lose the lists, or I would decide to do some things with my time that I had not written on the list.




Then, this other friend of mine told me that she makes a to-do list every morning of the things she has to do that day. So I decided to give this a try. I found it immensely helpful. It focuses me on what tasks I have to do, and I get an endorphin rush each time I cross off a thing. In fact, to make more things that I can cross off, I have broken up tasks into parts, so a task, like grading, that used to be a single item on the list can now be as many as five items as I list all the steps in my grading process. Also, if I have a big task to do, I will set a reachable goal for the day, like with your papers here at Park. I have a note to grade five of those today. If I do so many a day, I have fewer to do on Sunday.
                                
Sometimes I use the same list for two days. I am not as regimented as I could be. But the list is REALLY helpful and keeps me on task. In fact, soon, with these messages, I can cross off my “Daily PARK” item. Ah, endorphins....

"An open mind is a curious mind ready to learn!"
your friend in learning!
peace, chris tower
“Always look on the bright side”
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"Time" - Pink Floyd


Tom Waits - Time


Tom Waits-Time, from the 1985 album 'Rain Dogs'. Backing video taken from a live performance on the 1988 film 'Big Time'.


Time (2013 Remaster)



David Bowie
1.11M subscribers
Provided to YouTube by Parlophone UK
Time (2013 Remaster) · David Bowie
Aladdin Sane
℗ 1973, 2013 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Guitar, Programmer, Saxophone, Vocals: David Bowie
Producer: David Bowie
Flute: Ken Fordham
Engineer, Producer: Ken Scott
Guitar, Vocals: Mick Ronson
Piano: Mike Garson
Engineer: Mike Moran
Remastering Engineer: Ray Staff
Bass: Trevor Bolder
Drums: Woody Woodmansey
Writer: David Bowie


RUSH - "TIME STAND STILL"

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2101.29 - 10:10

- Days ago = 2037 days ago

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Blog Vacation 2021 Post #24

In this blog vacation, I am alternating between reprints, shares with little to no commentary, and THAT ONE THING, which is an image from the folder with a few thoughts scribbled along with it. I am alternating these three modes for twenty days, pre-publishing the posts, and not pushing any of them to social media.

LOW POWER MODE: I sometimes put the blog in what I call LOW POWER MODE. If you see this note, the blog is operating like a sleeping computer, maintaining static memory, but making no new computations. If I am in low power mode, it's because I do not have time to do much that's inventive, original, or even substantive on the blog. This means I am posting straight shares, limited content posts, reprints, often something qualifying for the THAT ONE THING category and other easy to make posts to keep me daily. That's the deal. Thanks for reading.


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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2109.24 - 10:10

- Days ago = 2275 days ago

- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.

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