OFF IN LA LA LAND
Late. That is how my day started off. I despise being late. It's the worst thing ever to me. I woke up this morning and thought to myself "It's a little bit bright to be 7 in the morning!" Needless to say it wasn't. It was 8am. The time I needed to be at work.
In my defense I can honestly say that I have not been getting sleep these last few days. I've been up at 6:45am and have going to sleep at like 1:30am-2am. So It all makes perfect sense. Not to say that it is fact excusable, because late is late regardless of what else is going on.
Also in my defense I can say that in the African culture there is no concept of time. In their culture they believe the most important thing you are doing is what you are doing now. They don't deal with future type things like how long is it going to take me to finish this project and what time do I need to start another. They deal with now. Accomplishing what they started now, and when they have finished what they're doing now then they'll start on the next important task. It is in fact kind of ironic because the saying Colored Peoples Time (C.P.T.) has a negative connotation to it. But when you think about it is actually very positive. How can you be late to something if in your culture you don't have a concept of time; your life is not on a schedule. What can be more important than what you are doing now? You cannot do what is in the future because it is not here yet. Deal with "now", and when you're finished with that then start on "later".
Ok it's early and I'm still tired...
Sophia
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