Living on Writer's Block

Time? Do I need time? Time to work and time to sleep and time to live and time to breath and time to love and time to lose and time to win and time to play and time to rest and time to read and time to sing and time to eat and time to drink and time to time to time to time to time to…

Tick, tock.

Everyone needs time. Much more of it. Will we ever actually get done all that we need to get done? All that we want to get done? No. Probably not. Very few people have the ability to say that.

Everyone needs time. We say it every day. “I don’t have time.” “I need more time!” “Give me time!” And in other, slightly subtler ways too. “Give me a sec.” Or a minute. “Just a minute!” Or a sec. Or, “I’ll be with you shortly.” “I didn’t get the assignment done, can I have an extension?” “I’m going to be late to the get-together tonight, sorry.” “Any chance we can put that thing off a day?”

Everyone needs time. Even if we think we have all the time in the world, we inevitably end up wanting more, needing more, asking for more, grasping and seeking and searching for more. Why, one of the most common tropes in stories everywhere is the quest for immortality; essentially, the quest for more time. All the time there is to be had, in fact.

Everyone needs time. So yes, I need time.

Tick, tock.