By: Todd Wheatley
(c) IQ-2k   11-08-17

They say "time flies when you are having fun" and THEY are mostly right. On the opposite end of the spectrum drudgery drags darn near forever. While the truly blessed might find exception with that near universal truth, wouldn't it be nice to flip it around?! Let's have fun last to the horizon and drudgery go over the cliff. Then again, is controlling time possible?

In other words, you can trick your mind in the same way you can trick your body? It's interesting to consider Olympic athletes in this case. Besides style and technique, super athletes only achieve greatness by pushing their body. They use their mind to "trick" their body. But can a mind "trick" itself? The short answer is yes, but it requires work. It requires a kind of mindfulness that most people find difficult to achieve. First, consider the "tricks" towards fixing a circadian rhythm. It's a mind and body problem.

FYI: your body clock, or circadian rhythm, is driven by a sensitivity to bright light and has been set by the sun since the beginning of time. After the invention of the electric light it has been found that exposure to unnatural low light causes sleeplessness. That means people on the night shift and others without direct contact to sunlight are likely to have trouble sleeping. In the past two decades the trouble has extended even further. A consensus of research attribute sleep loss with bright light from TVs and computer screens.

Ironically the source of the problem has led to a solution. Today clinicians typically recommend LIGHT THERAPY to reset the body clock. For the therapy to work, people on the night shift should incorporate periods of intense light. While the day shift should turn off TV and computer screens well before going to sleep. This basic light therapy combined with other bedtime habits can "trick" the body into a deeper sleep. If the body can be this easily "tricked" perhaps so can the mind.

Going further, the ability to CONTROL TIME should be possible. The question is not of controlling time itself, but the perception of time. Since seasonal shifts often skew our perception of time, this article notes the opportunity provided by the semi-annual time shift (STANDARD TIME / DAYLIGHT SAVINGS). While these time shifts often wreak havoc with our circadian rhythm, they can be used to "trick" our brains with regard to time perception.

This kind of mindfulness can get you started on the road to controlling time. Obviously the length of a day never changes (i.e.24 hours), but as Fall turns into Winter people tend to perceive time going faster. While daylight fades in a flash, time marches on as it always does. Nevertheless we perceive the day going by more quickly. Here again exposure to light sets us awry. It shifts our focus. So be MINDFUL of these shifts and train your brain.

Don't let exposure to the sun shift you into automatic. Shift into manual instead! Shift focus as needed to either speed time up or slow it down. The more successful you become the more you will be able to enjoy life and fight the ravages of time and aging.

(edited 05-17-21)

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