“ ‘There’s lots to do; we have a very busy schedule —
‘At 8 o’clock we get up, and then we spend
‘From 8 to 9 daydreaming,
‘From 9 to 9:30 we take our early midmorning nap,
‘From 9:30 to 10:30 we dawdle and delay,
‘From 10:30 to 11:30 we take our late early morning nap,
‘From 11:30 to 12:00 we bide our time and then eat lunch.
‘From 1:00 to 2:00 we linger and loiter.
‘From 2:00 to 2:30 we take our early afternoon nap.
‘From 2:30 to 3:30 we put off for tomorrow what we could have done today.
‘From 3:30 to 4:00 we take our early late afternoon nap.
‘From 4:00 to 5:00 we loaf and lounge until dinner.
‘From 6:00 to 7:00 we dillydally.
‘From 7:00 to 8:00 we take our early evening nap, and then for an hour before we go to bed at 9:00 we waste time.
‘As you can see, that leaves almost no time for brooding, lagging, plodding, or procrastination, and if we stopped to think or laugh, we’d never get nothing done.’
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the phantom tollbooth
‘At 8 o’clock we get up, and then we spend
‘From 8 to 9 daydreaming,
‘From 9 to 9:30 we take our early midmorning nap,
‘From 9:30 to 10:30 we dawdle and delay,
‘From 10:30 to 11:30 we take our late early morning nap,
‘From 11:30 to 12:00 we bide our time and then eat lunch.
‘From 1:00 to 2:00 we linger and loiter.
‘From 2:00 to 2:30 we take our early afternoon nap.
‘From 2:30 to 3:30 we put off for tomorrow what we could have done today.
‘From 3:30 to 4:00 we take our early late afternoon nap.
‘From 4:00 to 5:00 we loaf and lounge until dinner.
‘From 6:00 to 7:00 we dillydally.
‘From 7:00 to 8:00 we take our early evening nap, and then for an hour before we go to bed at 9:00 we waste time.
‘As you can see, that leaves almost no time for brooding, lagging, plodding, or procrastination, and if we stopped to think or laugh, we’d never get nothing done.’
— Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
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