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the price of a conducted tour。 And our excuse to ourselves is that there are 

only twenty´four hours in the day。 

     If we further analyse our vague�察�uneasy aspiration�察�we shall�察�I think�察�

see   that   it   springs   from   a   fixed   idea   that   we   ought   to   do   something   in 

addition to those things which we are loyally and morally obliged to do。 

We     are   obliged�察   �by   various    codes    written   and    unwritten�察   �to   maintain 

ourselves and our families ��if any�� in health and comfort�察�to pay our debts�察�

to   save�察  �to   increase   our   prosperity   by   increasing   our   efficiency。   A   task 

sufficiently  difficult� �A  task   which   very  few  of   us   achieve� �A task   often 

beyond our skill� �yet�察�if we succeed in it�察�as we sometimes do�察�we are not 

satisfied�察�the skeleton is still with us。 

     And   even   when   we   realise   tat   the   task   is   beyond   our   skill�察  �that   our 

powers cannot cope with it�察�we feel that we should be less discontented if 

we gave to our powers�察�already overtaxed�察�something still further to do。 

     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 



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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。 



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           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 



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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 



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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。 



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                 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。 

     For
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