six truths about time ⏱
(and not a productivity hack in sight: not this week, anyway)
Hello dear reader,
It’s been half term for many. Pumpkin farms are the thing, it has seemingly rained a year’s worth of rain in parts of the UK, and the clocks went back throwing us all into the week when we don’t know when the actual time is. The car clock is wrong, the kitchen clock is wrong, and the oven clock is wrong, possibly for six months. Shout out to my 15-year-old son who had CHANGED THE OVEN CLOCK LAST NIGHT even before the clocks had gone back without even being asked. This is a deep mystery: I have asked for the toilet roll to be replaced when finished on repeat for fifteen years with very little success, but the oven clock? Gladly obliges without any provocation whatsoever.
I digress. I saw this tweet yesterday.
P.S. This is an oldie but a goodie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4EUTMPuvHo
P.P.S Love it or hate it, did you know that Coldplay’s Chris Martin is connected to the introduction of Daylight Saving? William Willett who led the campaign for its introduction, is his great-great-grandfather, and apparently his motivation was primarily rooted in cut-short games of golf! If you want to read more about why we tinker with time, you can do so here … https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160310-the-builder-who-changed-how-the-world-keeps-time