Let’s start with persons. Each person we know requires at least a little time and energy from us. “Hi. How are you?” Friends, as such, take more time and energy than mere acquaintances. Keeping in touch with friends, for example, can run the gamut from phoning them occasionally to having them to dinner in your home. Closer friends and often, family members, typically involve even greater investments. At a bare minimum we try to drop each one a note or greeting card from time to time. Others we visit. Doing so may be a chore or a joy; either way, planning and execution are required. The same is true when people visit us.
Add it up. The more persons in our lives, the more complicated our lives. This is not an argument for dumping friends or relatives; it is one small beacon of light on why our time flies. Complexity gobbles minutes…hours…days. One of the main reasons people seek to simplify is that they find they don’t have enough time to do the things they really want to do.
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