Time is of the Essence

I was on a summer reading binge in my 12th summer (I was determined to win first place in the Bookworm Club at the local library) when I ran across a short book about a boy who’s father was a time and motion expert.  “How keen is that”, I thought.  A father who studied time.  Unfortunately the father had difficulty separating his work life from his home life, as many of us do.   He insisted on applying his expertise to achieving time efficiency in all individual and family tasks.  For example, he was convinced that one of the great time wasters was inefficiently toweling off after the daily bath or shower.  You probably have had those thoughts too.  So he made...