I get very disappointed with time lately. I have taken to putting on my disapproving grandma look as the tick tocking clock merrily ignores the grunts and mumbles passing under my breath.
Time reminds me a lot like my salary. It looks amazing on the whole – a full 24 hours a day! And then, whoosh! I am levied a tax of 33% towards sleep-related activities from birth. On top of it, I am taxed at the rate of 40% as duty towards my employer. In a matter of seconds, my disposable income is down to about 25% of what I earn as time. Out of 24 hours, I effectively have only 6 hours to do as I please.
Unlike my salary, I don’t get any hikes or increment. Neither do I get any paid leaves or bonuses or other benefits. No matter what insanely amazing activity I pull off in those remaining 6 hours, they remain the same. But again, like my salary if I avoid paying those taxes – one day it will come down on me for ignoring to put aside that required amount of time on those necessary activities such as employment, sleep and daily ablutions.
Taking a look at tax-saving schemes, different rules have been created for each and every one of us – nature has been thoughtfully generous in giving us the freedom to do our tax planning and does nothing more than rolling her eyes when we change the plan almost the moment it is made.
I have been given the option of multi-tasking so that I can focus a little more on say, self-learning or binge watching The Newsroom all over again. I can spend a part of those six hours coloring away at my book to simply drain out the toil of those hours spent at work. I have the option of staring at a sunrise on top of a hill which makes time itself transient and gives me hope that it is not too late yet. Walking with an old friend at night while giving up a part of my due to sleep tax is acceptable since it rests me more that any siesta in the world. Also, you can plan for retirement by not delaying the payment!
I have it in my hands to make full use of those six-seven hours left over and make them count so that their worth spills over and above the 24 hours. That is more than what any increment in my time can give me! And time has a tendency to make itself disappear if you give it a chance to. It is tired of flowing and running; it likes to sit on clouds and fish for stars as well. But its freedom depends on our freedom! We can help it by not worrying about the taxes due and instead focus on making the ones paid work. Unlike some governments, time truly wants to use the tax it collects for our enhancement.
I realize that I can make my taxes disappear by paying them wholeheartedly, because then they cease to be a duty and start looking like an investment with guaranteed returns! I just need to find the time to do that…
Paying taxes for nothing, isn’t it 😀
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Though this post is not entirely about taxes, I couldn’t help notice it. 🙂
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Ha ha 😀 Feels like it…
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Nice one. Hope you are doing well in your Endeavors wherever you are.
Mantresh
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Thank you Mantresh 🙂
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We pay taxes to feed corrupt politicians
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I think you misinterpreted the post based on my vague title 🙂
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Oh no… I just shoved in a statement of my own
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Most people would say I have all day and all night, but I don’t. I pay my taxes almost all night, and for “free” which I’m sure most parents do, and then the mornings are akin to workin a Starbucks drive-thru, lol — with the kids and the food and the clothes and the arguments and the rush 😉 Really, I get 6 hours, just like you. And I’m thinking that this fall, when I get 7, I may as well go out and earn some money with that time. Then I will surely feel good and taxed, but maybe we’ll all have nicer coloring books, eh? 🙂
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Anything for nicer coloring books 🙂 I recommend Johanna Basford!
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I think you misinterpreted the post based on my vague blog title.
That said, you hit the nail on the general public’s view on the taxes.
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I think you misinterpreted the post based on my vague title 🙂
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That’s a very nice thought. I too believe making best use of those 6-7 hours would actually more than overcome the issues we have with the taxes. You can’t avoid the taxes, they are a part of life(time).
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Thanks Alok 🙂
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Whatever you do, still it’s 24 hours 😦 It’s taxing sometimes, really, to manage everything… And, the thing is you have to pay the ‘taxes’ daily with life… no relief… 😀
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I know right! I try to be positive… but there is always one of those days.
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SMiLes.. so true.. tHere iS more
to paying taxes in life than
spitting back out
green
backs or
whatever color
they are noW
in India.. Friend
Prajakta.. yes.. oh..
the Flow.. the ZOne..
rids the animal.. hUman
or other.. from illusion
iN greaTest tax
oF all
tick
tock
cLocks
iN deadline
liFe restrictions
aWay from ZoNeFlow..
SMiLes.. mY wiFe is mY
clock.. she nudges me
when it’s now to
pay her
taxes..
otherwise..
i’ve forgotten about
death and green backs..
onlY now iS Flow iN ZonE
away
from
cLock
taXes due
from yesternows..
Culture has surely
changed from free
flow ForAger days
but surely priSon
oF cLock tax
iS not
too advanced
for Freedom WiLL..
i never realized i was
always paying taxes until
i totAlly
got aWay from
the cLock of LiFe.. wHere
hands of time taxes every
second rule
nOWNow..:)
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I love how you mentioned that your wife is your clock 🙂 People we love really have a way of keeping us on track…
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Ha.. SMiles.. For sure..;)
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Life is definitely a balancing act. I enjoyed your reflection on time.
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Thank you Tonya.. Glad you enjoyed 🙂
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A wonderful post and a very unique way of looking at it I had not thought of before. I always thought of time in a monetary sense though – one big bank account we can’t see the balance of, which if we do not spend carefully we will have our card declined out of the blue
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts Joseph. Time in a monetary terms makes sense!
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