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Many of us believe that we would run more, learn more, read more, do more if we only have more free time. After a year on travel I taught a better one

I recently read an article on the wonderful side of Waitbutwhy.com about human life expectancy, as measured in events.

The author represents these events in a visual way. He explains, for example, that he (hopefully) remain for 60 winters:

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He estimates that he will see nine other US presidents, enjoy 60 more ocean swimming and visit 20 baseball games.

He continues that he will probably read 300 books for the rest of his life. This number seemed scary low, so I quickly calculated. I am 33, assuming that I meet the British life expectancy for women (83 years), I have a total of 50 more years. With a rate of 12 books a year, these are 600 books.

I informed Peter this scary fact. He frowned and then said: "You don't read 12 books a year." "What?" My voice rose for a register. "Of course I do that!" He shook his head. "I'm pretty sure you don't do that." "Hmpf." I was outraged I pulled out my Kindle and counted the books that I read in 2015.

It was 10. only 10. For someone who was an irresistible bookworm as a child who has a home full of books and identified as a book lover, this was an evil awakening.

I was traveling all year round. There were no labor obligations, no family obligations, no stress, pressure or obligations. And I still haven't managed to get through a book a month. My long -held belief that I would read more, write my book to the end and get fit if I only had more time was clear and thoroughly wrong.

I realized that even with full -time work I have all the time I need to do the things I am interested in. It is only that - like most people - I seem to have more passion for mob on my laptop.

Our journey around the world taught me a lot, not just about traveling, but about life in general - in particular that economical life is not to be feared and that it is easy to forget its inherent privileges. His latest lesson is that I no longer need free time to achieve my goals and pursue ambitions; I already have the time I need. I just have to use it carefully.

to 600 books, tendency rising.

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