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It's more like TWO thirds.

Let's go from the top of the 24 Hour cycle:

Sleep: for the sake of argument let's say the recommend 8HRs, for the purpose of illustration even those getting FULL rest are still left exhausted by day's end.

So that gives us effectively a 16HR day.

Get Ready For Work: we'll say 1HR, and that's GENEROUS. Showering/Teethbrushing, getting dressed, scarfing down breakfast, getting out the door.

Commute: for simplicity, we'll say 1HR overall, averaging out a half hour each way.

Work Shift: 8-5 is the new 9-5. That's 4HR before lunch, 4HR after lunch

Lunch Hour: I am INCLUDING this in Work Time Commitment. Because your options are either prep ahead (in which prep time is transferred from your evening) or go get something. Either way, you aren't exactly "free" - you have to stay within accessible distance from your workplace to be back in time after eating or you eat at the office - either you're not really "off work" since you're not exactly able to go see a movie, or go to a venue/show, or go home and work on your hobbies/crafts, etc. you are on LUNCH break and basically lunch break only. So that's another hour.

So from wake up to back home, that's 10 Hours devoted to actively working or preparing for/around work.

Out of SIXTEEN waking hours.

BUT WAIT!!! THERES MORE!!

What about laundry? Cleaning house? Feeding yourself? Grocery shopping? Dishes? Maintenance needs? The day to day shit that has to get done just to live at a steady pace without it all piling up on you.

Lets an hour for dinner, then

Maintenance/Choring comes out to an hour or so on average a day for washing up after dinner, getting ready for bed/the next morning, and the addition of longer commitments every few days for grocery trips, laundry, room cleanings, getting gas, etc.

So 12.

12/16 hours, WORKING.

THREE QUARTERS OF OUR DAY.

WORKING OR GETTING/BEING READY TO WORK.

And that's without kids.

Hiroshi Nagai's paintings need sunglasses to look at.

They look like how it feels to walk across a parking lot on a 98° summer day without a speck of shade in sight.

They look like heaven but also like you'd burn your bare feet on the ground.

Even when you can see shade you know it's not enough and the minute you step out you'll be burnt to a crisp like a vampire.

This feels like I could trip on that radio and fall right into that water, feeling the crystal waves as I drop in.

And this, a nice stroll down a resort strip, where my sunscreened skin could literally feel cooked if I leaned too close to the tiling.

And then a nice stretch of summer street, wherein you could see your face in the flushed red of that car provided it didn't blind you from its sunny reflections.

So are

colostomy bags

Diapers

insulin pumps

Oxygen systems

rollators

hearing aids

compression garments

prosthetics

FREEDOM AIDS

- service animals

- noise cancelling headphones/ear defenders

- wheelchair attachments

- fidgets

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