I was thinking this morning about how there are (always) so many things I want to do and don’t have enough time to get them all done. I began musing and playing the old “What If?” game… 

The premise: “What if each person had an extra two days during the week to get things done?”

Now, you might say “That’s what the weekends are for…” however that doesn’t really work. There are plenty of people that go to church, volunteer, work or do other things on the weekends, and honestly, most people don’t really count that time as “found time” during their week. 

I’d like to propose the following and get the world’s top scientific minds working on this idea…

Everyone gets two days of time where they can theoretically hit the “ESC” button (that stands for “escape” for all you Mac-rs out there) and pull a Asteroids-like hyperspace into their own little universe. You could have that time ALL to yourself — nobody but your little old lonesome — and could do whatever you wanted to with the time. This means spending time with your wife, fixing things up around the house, chillin’ with the fam, playing Wii, exercising, taking a day trip… whatever. The key here would be that NOBODY would miss you or even know you were gone — that way, if you chose to do something like eat potato chips on the couch for 48 hours, nobody could give you a hard time about it. There would be no demands on your time other than what you chose to put on yourself. 

I think someone should be able to come up with some sort of StarTrek transporter type thingy that could make this work… right? I mean, seriously… we’ve got scientists harvesting stem cells, doctors curing cancer and politicians providing “economic stimulus packages” — let’s throw in a plan for developing a “Time and Space Continuum Distorter” or something like that so we all can get some stuff accomplished around here.

Think of it — the industrious folks out there could use the time to start new initiatives or begin new projects. Politicians could campaign, athletes could train, Andrew Zimmern could find some more disgusting food to eat. And the sloths of the world could enjoy more slothdom. Whatever. Endless possibilities.

Could someone please work on making this happen? I’d do it, but I need a few extra days…

What would YOU do with your extra two days?