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By Carole Bloodworth
For several years now I have been
compiling information for the
“Bloodworth Study of Time
Organization” otherwise known as
“How to Live on 24 Hours a Day”.
After sifting through a vast amount of
material on the subject of time and
how to use it, I have come up with
some pertinent observations.
1. Just about anyone with any claim
of authority began his advice with
“Make a list of: a. things you have to
do, b. things you want to do, c. things
you can get somebody else to do for
y0u,...” I could tell immediately that
this bit of expertise was not what I
was looking for. If I had the time to sit
down and make lists, I wouldn’t waste
it by sitting down and making lists.
2. Another suggestion frequently
encountered was “Schedule your
work days.” (Plan certain tasks for
certain times of day.) This little gem
had to be fed to an interviewer by a
conscientious time and motion expert
enscounced in a quiet private office
with 3 secretaries outside. On his wall
I can see a large chart divided into
time blocks. When he writes
“ROUTINE WORK” in the early
morning blocks the theory behind him
is sound.
But when in application the early
morning “ROUTINE WORK” drags
down into early afternoon
“RECREATION” we realize the
expert had not included a margin of
error for repairing the vacuum
cleaner, doctoring assorted cuts and
bruises, preparing “tea parties,
and...well he just didn’t allow for it.
3. Occassionally another one of
those efficiency people will suggest
that you do different kinds of work on
different days, e.g., wash on Monday,
iron on Tuesday, dust on Wednesday.
You propably remember the song
that inspired this one. “This is the
way we wash our clothes so early
Monday morning; this is the way we
iron our clothes so early Tuesday
morning, etc.
Surely this came from the brain
chamber of an unmarried male, an
only child, who had no way of knowing
that in some families there are one or
two members who can run through 2
dozen pair of underwear in a day.
Since, according to him, this mass of
dirty undies can’t be washed for a
week without throwing the whole
schedule out of kilter one is faced with
two choices. I. Use pillowcases for
diapers as long as they last provided
you save enough for bed changing
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day, which is Friday, and hope
nobody spills his bedtime snack on the
bed, or 2. Buy $32.00 worth of Pam
pers.
4.Someone else suggested that a lot
of time could be saved by cutting
down on chit-chat and small talk. This
made sense, so one morning as
chatter crackled all around me, I
refused to allow myself to get in
volved by emitting only an occasional
“Um” and “Um-hu” until I happened
to catch the remark, “I’m glad you let
Tracey finish the milk in the puppy’s
bottle instead of making me pour it
out.” I scratched this advice where
children were concerned, but I did
manage to eliminate all manner of
trivia by taking the phone off the
hook. Unfortunately the phone
company soon informed me that I was
also cutting down on small talk all
over town.
5. Near the end of one article I
discovered “Find out what is ex
pected of you and do just that, cutting
out all unnecessary activity. The
trouble with this one was that I knew
what was expected of me, and I
managed to get all of that done. It was
the unnecessary fun things that
nobody expected me to do that I was
having trouble finding time for.
When I had just about exhausted
the resources for my study, I hap
pened on a dandy. “SPEND LESS
TIME SLEEPING and you will have
more time to do the things you never
had time for before. This was THE
ANSWER. Anyone with children
knows that the hours when they are
asleep are great times for getting
things done. But I had the in
convenient need to sleep too.
Immediately I began to condition
myself to require less sleep. I went
from 8 hours sleep to 6 then to 4 then 3
and leveled off. It was fantastic; my
house, clothes, car, children, yard
were all clean. I had time for cooking,
reading, everything. True I felt a
little tired, but I reasoned that when
my system became completely
conditioned to the change, my eyes
wouldn’t keep closing during con
versations.
This is the 10th night of my ex
periment. It is 3 A.M. Friday, and I
have been up since 6 A.M. Wed
nesday, or was it Thursday? The days
have begun to run together as have
the words on this page, and there is a
peculiar ringing noise somewhere
close to my ears. Before 1 finish
typing this I think I’ll just...
" The Reports Os My Death Are
Greatly Exaggerated...”
Perry Teenager Speaks Out
Teens Need Help From
Parents With Problems
To Parents Everywhere:
At least us youth are glad
to see that all parents don’t
slick their noses up in the air
at us. I am referring to the
letter in The Home Journal
last week from a Perry
mother standing up for
young people.
Ninety percent of the
parents and high social
standing people look down on
us, kick us aroii'nd and spit at
us because of our long hair,
clothes, language and
behavior. Well, let me put it
like this: Who drove us to
these things? If our parents
had taken time to teach us
better, we wouldn’t be like
this. If you would quit
fussing and fighting over
each other and you’re
beloved idol, money, and
give your youth some at
tention we wouldn’t be like
this. We would have been
taught better.
Why are youth on the road,
drug addicts, hippies?
Because when they were
home .they had no love or
attention. So now they have
to go out into the world to try
to find some love through
drugs. Because of drugs,
they loose self-respect and
don’t care how they look.
About sixty percent of the
youth on the strip (14th
Street in Atlanta) and
elsewhere come from very
wealthy families. But tneir
parents were more con
cerned with their money and
social parties than of their
children.
Let's slop kidding our
selves and look at the truth.
You are not getting any
younger and neither are we.
—\
The Houston
Home Journal
Vol. 103 No. 21
The Houston Home joornel
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at Perry, Georgia, as second
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Is located at 1010 Carroll St.,
PO. Drawer M, Perry, Ga ,
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organ of Houston County and
Perry, Georgia
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When you are gone the youth
will take your place. But how
are we going to be able to do
it right unless we are paid
some attention and taught
how to do it. We are put down
so now that we have to
behave as we do to build up
self confidence and to make
us feel big, strong and grown
up.
With your help, we won’t
have to play make believe.
So, parents, how about it?
Are you going to just let it
ride or are you going to get
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The 1973-74 Flag Girls were selected recently from the ranks of Perry Junior
High students. The Flag Girls will perform with the PHS band during pregame
and halftime ceremonies at PHS football games this fall. At center front is Sue
Lambert. Kneeling, left to right are: Elizabeth Weaver, Cynthia Peavy,
Bonnie Kelly, Lisa Forehand, and group captain Dorothy Helm. Standing, left
to right are: June Rabun. Sandi Lollis, Janet Gafnea. Melanie Soles, and Judy
Van Fossen.
off your high horses and help
us?
Want to stop the drug
traffic? The only way to keep
an addict from drugs is to
give him or her love. Think
about it, please. Thank you
kindly for your time, if
nothing else.
Eddie Newsome, age 18
Perry
P S. 1 don't know who the
Perry mother is who started
all this in last week’s
paper... But whoever she is,
the youth of America thank
her.
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS., MAY 31, 1973,
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go to ... .
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