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And such is�察�indeed�察�the fact。  The wish to accomplish something outside 
their formal programme is common to all men who in the course of evolution 
have risen past a certain level。

Until an effort is made to satisfy that wish�察�the sense of uneasy waiting for 
something to start which has not started will remain to disturb the peace of 
the soul。 That wish has been called by many names。  It is one form of the 
universal desire for knowledge。  And it is so strong that men whose whole
lives have been given to the systematic acquirement of knowledge have 
been driven by it to overstep the limits of their programme in search of 
still more knowledge。  Even Herbert Spencer�察�in my opinion the greatest 
mind that ever lived�察�was often forced by it into agreeable little backwaters 
of inquiry。

I imagine that in the majority of people who are conscious of the wish to 
livethat is to say�察�people who have intellectual curiositythe aspiration 
to exceed formal programmes takes a literary shape。  They would like to 
embark on a course of reading。  Decidedly the British people are becoming 
more and more literary。  But I would point out that literature by no means 
comprises the whole field of knowledge�察�and that the disturbing thirst to 
improve one's selfto increase one's knowledgemay well be slaked quite 
apart from literature。  With the various ways of slaking I shall deal later。  
Here I merely point out to those who have no natural sympathy with 
literature that literature is not the only well。


                                                  III

               PRECAUTIONS BEFORE BEGINNING

Now that I have succeeded ��if succeeded I have�� in persuading you to admit 
to yourself that you are constantly haunted by a suppressed dissatisfaction 
with your own arrangement of your daily life�察�and that the primal cause of 
that inconvenient dissatisfaction is the feeling that you are every day leaving 
undone something which you would like to do�察�and which�察�indeed�察�you are 
always hoping to do when you have ;more time;�察�and now that I have drawn 
your attention to the glaring�察�dazzling truth that you never will have ;more 
time�察─�since you already have all the time there isyou expect me to let you
into some wonderful secret by which you may at any rate approach the ideal 
of a perfect arrangement of the day�察�and by which�察�therefore�察�that haunting�察�
unpleasant�察�daily disappointment of things left undone will be got rid of��

I have found no such wonderful secret。  Nor do I expect to find it�察�nor do I 
expect that anyone else will ever find it。  It is undiscovered。  When you first 
began to gather my drift�察�perhaps there was a resurrection of hope in your 
breast。  Perhaps you said to yourself�察 �This man will show me an easy�察�
unfatiguing way of doing what I have so long in vain wished to do。;  Alas�察�
no�  �The fact is that there is no easy way�察�no royal road。  The path to Mecca 
is extremely hard and stony�察�and the worst of it is that you never quite get 
there after all。

The most important preliminary to the task of arranging one's life so that 
one may live fully and comfortably within one's daily budget of twenty´
four hours is the calm realisation of the extreme difficulty of the task�察�of 
the sacrifices and the endless effort which it demands。  I cannot too strongly 
insist on this。

If you imagine that you will be able to achieve your ideal by ingeniously 
planning out a time´table with a pen on a piece of paper�察�you had better 
give up hope at once。  If you are not prepared for discouragements and 
disillusions�察�if you will not be content with a small result for a big effort�察�
then do not begin。  Lie down again and resume the uneasy doze which 
you call your existence。

It is very sad�察�is it not�察�very depressing and sombre�拭 �And yet I think it 
is rather fine�察�too�察�this necessity for the tense bracing of the will before 
anything worth doing can be done。  I rather like it myself。  I feel it to be 
the chief thing that differentiates me from the cat by the fire。

;Well�察─�you say�察 �assume that I am braced for the battle。  Assume that 
I have carefully weighed and comprehended your ponderous remarks�察�
how do I begin�拭─ �Dear sir�察�you simply begin。  There is no magic method 
of beginning。  If a man standing on the edge of a swimming´bath and 
wanting to jump into the cold water should ask you�察 �How do I begin to 
jump�拭─�you would merely reply�察 �Just jump。  Take hold of your nerves�察�
and jump。;

As I have previously said�察�the chief beauty about the constant supply of 
time is that you cannot waste it in advance。  The next year�察�the next day�察�
the next hour are lying ready for you�察�as perfect�察�as unspoilt�察�as if you 
had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your career。  Which 
fact is very gratifying and reassuring。  You can turn over a new leaf every 
hour if you choose。  Therefore no object is served in waiting till next week�察�
or even until to´morrow。  You may fancy that the water will be warmer next 
week。  It won't。  It will be colder。

But before you begin�察�let me murmur a few words of warning in your private 
ear。


Let me principally warn you against your own ardour。  Ardour in well´doing 
is a misleading and a treacherous thing。  It cries out loudly for employment�察�
you can't satisfy it at first�察�it wants more and more�察�it is eager to move 
mountains and divert the course of rivers。  It isn't content till it perspires。  
And then�察�too often�察�when it feels the perspiration on its brow�察�it wearies 
all of a sudden and dies�察�without even putting itself to the trouble of saying�察�
;I've 
had enough of this。;

Beware of undertaking too much at the start。  Be content with quite a little。  
Allow for accidents。  Allow for human nature�察�especially your own。

A failure or so�察�in itself�察�would not matter�察�if it did not incur a loss of self´
esteem and of self´confidence。  But just as nothing succeeds like success�察�
so nothing fails like failure。  Most people who are ruined are ruined by 
attempting too much。  Therefore�察�in setting out on the immense enterprise 
of living fully and comfortably within the narrow limits of twenty´four 
hours a day�察�let us avoid at any cost the risk of an early failure。  I will not 
agree that�察�in this business at any rate�察�a glorious failure is better than a 
petty success。  I am all for the petty success。  A glorious failure leads to 
nothing�察�a petty success may lead to a success that is not petty。

So let us begin to examine the budget of the day's time。 You say your 
day is already full to overflowing。  How�拭 �You actually spend in earning 
your livelihoodhow much�拭 �Seven hours�察�on the average�拭 �And in actual 
sleep�察�seven�拭 �I will add two hours�察�and be generous。  And I will defy you 
to account to me on the spur of the moment for the other eight hours。



                                                  IV

                       THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLES

In order to come to grips at once with the question of time´expenditure in 
all its actuality�察�I must choose an individual case for examination。  I can 
only deal with one case�察�and that case cannot be the average case�察�because 
there is no such case as the average case�察�just as there is no such man as the 
average man。  Every man and every man's case is special。


But if I take the case of a Londoner who works in an office�察�whose office
hours are from ten to six�察�and who spends fifty minutes morning and night 
in travelling between his house door and his office door�察�I shall have got as 
near to the average as facts permit。  There are men who have to work longer 
for a living�察�but there are others who do not have to work so long。

Fortunately the financial side of existence does not interest us here�察�for our 
present purpose the clerk at a pound a week is exactly as well off as the 
millionaire in Carlton House´terrace。

Now the great and profound mistake which my typical man makes in regard 
to his day is a mistake of general attitude�察�a mistake which vitiates and 
weakens two´thirds of his energies and interests。  In the majority of instances 
he does not precisely feel a passion for his business�察�at best he does not dislike 
it。  He begins his business functions with reluctance�察�as late as he can�察�and he 
ends them with joy�察�as early as he can。  And his engines while he is engaged 
in his business are seldom at their full ;h。p。;  ��I know that I shall be accused 
by angry readers of traducing the city worker�察�but I am pretty thoroughly 
acquainted with the City�察�and I stick to what I say。��

Yet in spite of all this he persists in looking upon those hours from ten to 
six as ;the day�察─�to which the ten hours preceding them and the six hours 
following them are nothing but a prologue and epilogue。  Such an attitude�察�

unconscious though it be�察�of course kills his interest in the odd sixteen 
hours�察�with the result that�察�even if he does not waste them�察�he does not 
count them�察�he regards them simply as margin。

This general attitude is utterly illogical and unhealthy�察�since it formally 
gives the central prominence to a patch of time and a bunch of activities 
which the man's one idea is to
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