Three Months–Three Minutes

What would you do if you had to spend three months underground? That was the question my husband asked me last night after he’d read an update on the Chilean mine disaster.

I think Greg was a bit surprised that I immediately recited a long list of things I would do—from studying a foreign language to reading books I haven’t yet read…it even occurred to me that I could do sit ups. I might finally have flat abs!

Not for one millisecond do I discount the dire situation the 33 men face in that mine in Chili. Nor would I want to be separated from my  family, uncertain of when and how we might be reunited. I can’t even imagine.

But I didn’t have to dig very deep to find a use for three months of time with few of my normal obligations. It seemed, for a moment, like Nirvana. But then I realized, even if I have three extra minutes in the day, I don’t recognize them. One way or the other, When I have extra time, I never think to consult this list I must have been unconsciously creating—what to do if I’m trapped in a mine for 90 days or more.

Instead, I let old habits direct the way I spend my days and shore up my justification when I spend it poorly. Maybe I am trapped, after all. Maybe it’s time I move a rock or two. I think I’ll take three minutes to think about it.

And you…what would you do?

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