Experiment: two weeks without time

    Hours and time surround us everywhere. We are used to seeing them everywhere: on a computer, phone, wall and wristwatch, and Google-glasses in general will make it so that time will always be in front of our eyes. We feel the need for time and always want to know what time it is.

    But what if you abandon the time frame? What will change? Do you have enough 24 hours a day? When this thought occurred to me, and I could not help but test it on myself. Under cat, my story and the feelings of two weeks of life without hours and without time. In short: it's worth it!

    Idea


    It all started with the fact that I became interested, what is it, the present, biological time? Any mess with time zones and established schedules (for work / university / school by 8-9 a.m.) could introduce some distortions into biological rhythms familiar to a person. I was wondering what time I would go to bed and get up. Itself, not by the clock, but by feelings. We can say that I am a freelancer, I do not have a schedule and superiors, and I can afford such an experiment over time.
    I pulled out the batteries from all the wall clocks, took off the wristwatch, turned off the time on the phone (it is there, but very small and in the corner. I closed it with my finger when I used the phone), turned off the time on my computer (in the date and time format settings in Windows 7 instead hh: mm just entered spaces)
    I clearly understood that sometimes I would still have to use the watch, but I decided to minimize this. For example, if I agreed to meet with someone in an hour, then I did not start a reminder, but a timer. To keep the story of what time I go to bed and get up, I decided to send emails from my phone to myself before bedtime and after waking up. Thus, in spite of the clock, I could save the time and date of action. Looking ahead, I’ll say that the statistics are very poor, but ...

    Experiment


    The first day. Heavy. I constantly look at my wrist, then at the wall in search of a watch. I recall the experiment. There is no urgent need in time, but the habit takes its toll. I tell my friends about the experiment, at the same time I ask you not to tell me the time. Everyone is interested.
    Usually I went to bed at about one in the morning, and I might want to sleep much earlier, but when I looked at my watch, I realized that it was still early. Now I went to bed without knowing how much time it was. Just wanted to sleep.
    The same story with awakening. If I woke up at 9-10 in the morning, then looking at the clock I realized that I could still sleep. Now, waking up in the morning, I could not determine how long it was, and I got up right after waking up.

    Of course, sometimes I recognized the time. In total, in the first week I recognized the time 7-8 times (mostly by accident). These accidents were connected with the fact that with the arrival of an email to me, I saw the time of its arrival (and it just arrived). This could not be disabled, but in the Skype settings, the time is turned off. I sometimes had to find out the time on purpose — without this, I simply couldn’t do some things. I

    found an interesting point: it often happened that when I looked at my watch and saw the time, say, 5:00 p.m., I was captivated by the thought that half a day had passed, and I really hadn’t done anything yet. I think I'm not alone in such thoughts. So, this feeling is gone. He is no more. I don’t know how much time, and just work.
    When I started this experiment, my productivity was very low in the last week. Literally from the first day, everything has changed. Productivity and overall mood have improved significantly. Oddly enough, but procrastination has virtually fallen into "no" - I believe that this is the most effective way.

    I lead a healthy lifestyle, exercise regularly and eat well. Because of the time, there was some psychological framework, such as: not eating at bedtime (in my case, after 10-11 pm) or not training after 8 pm. Now this is not. I just do everything the way I want and how I feel.

    Statistics


    Unfortunately, statistics have shown little. When I started the experiment, I thought that I would lay out on the Habr’s graph of when I fell asleep and woke up (the initial goal of the experiment was to find out the biological time). But no. Sometimes I just forgot to send statistics or just really wanted to sleep. There are gaps in a couple of days, and in general, my schedule is floating. In general, from what I can say, 24 hours a day is enough for me . I sleep an average of 8.5-9 hours and stay awake for 15-15.5 hours. I can fall asleep at 11 pm, I can at 3 a.m. I repeat, the graph jumps, but the average rise time is 10-10: 30 in the morning, and the end time is one in the morning.

    conclusions


    A little over two weeks have passed. He put on his watch and ... took it off. I do not want. I really liked my experiment, which is likely to remain my habit now. Now I can quite afford to look at the watch, but I do this not out of habit, but only if necessary. If you have the opportunity to try to give up time - do it. Give it a try. I can not describe all my feelings, but I became free. I had more time for different things, and to tell others that I had “no time”, I became much less.

    PP My time zone is UTC + 04: 00 (ala Moscow)
    PSS If someone decides to repeat the experiment, I will ask you to unsubscribe about the results in the comments. It’s very interesting what will change for you

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