Dear Steve,
Life is stressful right now. I really don’t even have time to be writing you this letter, but here goes anyway. Why isn’t combating stress in Canada a top government priority? I mean, the government is there to help sort out Canada’s problems, right? It’s there to make sure that this whole country runs smoothly, isn’t it? Well, if people are stressed out, can this happen? Doesn’t everyone seem to get way too stressed these days?
Don’t worry, I’m not going to give you such a large request, and then not lend you a hand in meeting it. I have an idea, Steve, although I’m willing to bet that with your Conservative cleverness, you likely have some of your own. What if we rework the day so that it’s divided into twenty-five hours? How many times have you heard people say, “if only I had an extra hour in my day?” Well, then they would, and they could stop pulling out their hair about getting everything done. It would all be an illusion of course, as we can’t really add another hour, only divide up the day differently. Yet, sometimes that’s all we need to calm us down, the illusion of something helpful.
Please do consider it. I know it would kind of make Canada incompatible with the rest of the world, but that’s been done already through the imperial system of measurement, so why not with time?
Your tired friend,
NL
