clock … watching time, the only true currency

Scott Adams does more than just Dilbert. I don’t read his blog regularly, but someone pointed to “Existing” and it’s worth sharing. An excerpt:

It’s nice to think that you can be your own person, true and accountable to no one but yourself, but I don’t think life works that way. We are what other people allow us to be.

Read the rest. Not sure I agree entirely, but there’s something I treasure in the collaboration of building a life. Selfish as I’d like to be (or am), seeing my actions reflected in the eyes of people I care about helps keep me on track.