ButintheaveragecaseIshouldsay：Confineyourformalprogramme（super—programme，Imean）tosixdaysaweek。Ifyoufindyourselfwishingtoextendit，extendit，butonlyinproportiontoyourwish；andcountthetimeextraasawindfall，notasregularincome，sothatyoucanreturntoasix—dayprogrammewithoutthesensationofbeingpoorer，ofbeingabackslider。
Letusnowseewherewestand。Sofarwehavemarkedforsavingoutofthewasteofdays，halfanhouratleastonsixmorningsaweek，andonehourandahalfonthreeeveningsaweek。Total，sevenhoursandahalfaweek。
Iproposetobecontentwiththatsevenhoursandahalfforthepresent。\"What？\"youcry。\"Youpretendtoshowushowtolive，andyouonlydealwithsevenhoursandahalfoutofahundredandsixty—eight！Areyougoingtoperformamiraclewithyoursevenhoursandahalf？\"Well，nottomincethematter，Iam——ifyouwillkindlyletme！Thatistosay，Iamgoingtoaskyoutoattemptanexperiencewhich，whileperfectlynaturalandexplicable，hasalltheairofamiracle。Mycontentionisthatthefulluseofthoseseven—and—a—halfhourswillquickenthewholelifeoftheweek，addzesttoit，andincreasetheinterestwhichyoufeelineventhemostbanaloccupations。Youpractisephysicalexercisesforameretenminutesmorningandevening，andyetyouarenotastonishedwhenyourphysicalhealthandstrengtharebeneficiallyaffectedeveryhouroftheday，andyourwholephysicaloutlookchanged。Whyshouldyoubeastonishedthatanaverageofoveranhouradaygiventothemindshouldpermanentlyandcompletelyenliventhewholeactivityofthemind？
Moretimemightassuredlybegiventothecultivationofone’sself。
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