Like Sand Through an Hourglass...

I love having an hour glass on my desk. I feel like I am looking at screens ALL DAY LONG so it's really nice to have a physical object to look at and watch. It also lets me know when a huge hunk of time has slipped away by glancing at it.

I will turn the hour glass over and tell myself, OK, an hour of solid work - no surfing the internet, no looking at my phone, and just focus. I will also flip it over before lunch and then try to make it back by the time the sand has fallen through.

I tell myself, if someone were efficient at reading an hourglass and they happened by my desk during lunch they could tell how long I had been gone, and when I'm coming back.

Very proper indeed.

This is the one I have.