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In the time management world, we worship time. Time is what Mark Manson would call our “God value” – the value that trumps all others when we make decisions.

Our GPS finds the route that will take the least time, our e-reader tells us how much longer it will take to finish this chapter, our app plays podcasts at 3x speed – because, clearly, more words in our ear in less time is better than fewer words in our ears in more time.

I’m no stranger to doing weird things to save time. I actually taught myself to press the elevator button for my floor faster – like a no-look pass – by looking in the mirror in the back of the elevator. I estimate this saves me a grand total of two seconds per week.

To each their own, but time worship effects how others treat us. That frienemy who is always late, because he can’t risk being early. That waiter who slaps down the check before you’ve finished your last bite, then impatiently watches you like a hawk.

And how about the fact that we force children to go to school way too early for their biological clocks? Just because it’s an efficient use of time for parents and bus drivers and school administrators.

Time is not God. Time isn’t all that matters.