{"id":436,"date":"2013-04-06T01:24:11","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T06:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gutcheckamerica.com\/?p=436"},"modified":"2013-04-06T01:26:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-06T06:26:05","slug":"247-dirt-nap-of-eternity-or-time-management-hacks-i-wish-id-learned-eons-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gutcheckamerica.com\/?p=436","title":{"rendered":"The 24\/7 Dirt Nap of Eternity or Time Management Hacks I Wish I&#8217;d Learned Eons Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"dropcap-first\">Time management.\u00a0 Always a challenge for me&#8230; in my younger days.\u00a0 No longer.\u00a0 You see, last June I watched&#8211;literally&#8211;my father take the last breath he would ever take. Forever. As in, nevertakeanotherfortherestofhislife breath.\u00a0 THE END.GONE.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_437\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-437\" data-attachment-id=\"437\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gutcheckamerica.com\/?attachment_id=437\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gutcheckamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/dad.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brock N Meeks&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;252&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1340656504&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dad\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;dad&amp;#8217;s last breath&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gutcheckamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/dad.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-437\" alt=\"dad\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gutcheckamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/dad.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gutcheckamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/dad.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gutcheckamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/dad.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gutcheckamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/dad.jpg?resize=36%2C36&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gutcheckamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/dad.jpg?resize=115%2C115&amp;ssl=1 115w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gutcheckamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/dad.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dad&#8217;s last breath<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was not unexpected, but the brutal truth of death up close and personal hit me very hard.\u00a0 (Understand, I am no stranger to up close and personal death, having been a war correspondent in a former life, I saw far too many deaths in real time, up close and personal).\u00a0 &#8220;So this is it?&#8221;\u00a0 I wondered.\u00a0 &#8220;This is how it all ends, a small cough, a gasp and you&#8217;re taking the big dirt nap 24\/7 for all eternity.\u00a0 #FML<\/p>\n<p>So, when I suggest that here are 26 time management hacks I wished I&#8217;d learned ages ago, pay attention.\u00a0 Yes, that means you:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 1px solid #CCC; 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