Think of Your Time As Space

Einstein writes in his book Relativity: Since there exist in this four dimensional structure [space-time] no longer any sections which represent “now” objectively, the concepts of happening and becoming are indeed not completely suspended, but yet complicated. It appears therefore more natural to think of physical reality as a four dimensional existence, instead of, as hitherto, the evolution of a three dimensional existence.

Time is only an illusion he says.

So then. What if we think of time as space? Time is the space in which we live. Just as a box is a space we fill with goods, an hour is a “time box” we fill with activities. Looking at time as space makes it easier to manage.

When we begin to look at an hour as a space in which we will execute activities, we are forced to be more realistic when we plan. A box—whether it’s cardboard or time—can only hold so much.

We think most people intuitively recognize time as space. They refer to their day as a plate, which is limiting and they have too much on it. Furthermore, they don’t seem to know what to do about it. Yet, each day a new miracle occurs—we are given a fresh plate consisting of twenty-four spaces of time called hours, into which we can pack any activities we choose.

We are so committed to treating time as space in our book Attack Your Day that we felt the need for a new bucket design—a design that would provide twenty-four “daily miracle time boxes” that followed the revolution of a board game, and would help us visualize time as space.

You can download this design here, give it a try and see if it improve your focus.  We suggest you use the activity game for a week. When you get really good at it, you apply the technique to whatever tool you use, paper or electronic.