Would you work extra hard for 0.05%?

If you were making $100,000 per year at your job, a 0.05% raise would be $45.66. Would you work that hard for $45?

If you spend 1,000 hours mastering a skill, and your teacher said you needed to put in 0.05% more effort, would you spend the 27 minutes required?

There are 8,760 hours per year. At most, we celebrate two holidays per year. And each holiday consists of a party that lasts 4 hours - 0.05% of the year. Yet, for such an insignificant amount of time, a significant portion of our population becomes exceptionally anxious.

Why do we stress over such an insignificant amount of time?

The choice we get to make is to decide how we will spend our time. Being someone that lives with bipolar disorder, it doesn't always feel like the choice is possible. But being someone that lives with bipolar disorder, I can tell you it is. How will you spend your day?