How to do time, without going completely crazy, without falling into the stagnation that renders so many prisoners incapable of surviving freedom, covers many attitudes and actions. I will try to tell you how I have done these past five-plus decades, but will ask your patience for being haphazard in the telling…it may seem disjointed.
I have characterized time as an entity in itself: “doing time”, or usually just ” time”, becomes a huge hulking beast that must be dealt with lest I am overcome. Time is not necessarily malevolent, but it is definitely not benevolent either. If I don’t herd time, if I remain idle in any fashion, if I don’t make an effort, time , like a demon, will crawl up on my prostrate form, gibbering, while its weight slowly and surely suffocates my soul. Mental, emotional, and physical idleness/stagnation are time’s weapons. Time is fought by continually moving, advancing, and growing. It has taken me many years to learn and apply everything, I’m still at it, but I will try my best to distill and impart what I’ve learned to you.
Take care and be safe, people.
