Motivate Yourself by Watching Time Slip Away
January 8, 2008 12:39 am Uncategorized
Some time ago, my then-girlfriend-now-wife and I traveled to Edinburgh. We stayed in a lovely hotel with one odd feature: an enormous clock on the wall. We thought nothing of it at first, but eventually dubbed it ‘The Clock of Death’.
It turns out that if you have a clock the size of the wall, the grim reaper leans, quite noticeably over your shoulder. If you look away from the clock, then look back in fifteen minutes, the big hand has moved four feet across the wall. That’s hard not to be startled by. Every time.
The Death Clock forced upon us the constant reminded that life and time are fleeting. It sure provided motivation to use our time well.
Recently I came across a little relatively cheap clock to do the same thing. It’s a projection clock that you can adjust to take up your entire wall. When I can have a separate office, I’m getting one of these.
Normally $100, the projection clock is currently on sale for $60.
[Click here for the projection clock from Plow & Hearth]
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Header photograph by GirlReporter