TimePeace igcina imikhwa ngendlela ethambileyo. Ukhetha into ofuna ukuyenza rhoqo — ukubaleka, isidlo sangokuhlwa senene ekhaya, amaphepha alishumi phambi kokulala — uze ukhethe ukuba kangaphi ngeveki. Ibala iintsuku okwazi ukuzenza, igcine ukubaleka kwakho okungcono kakhulu nenani lakho lobomi bonke ngaphandle kokuqala phantsi, ize ilinde, ngokuzolileyo, okulandelayo.
Izixhobo ezininzi zokulandelela imikhwa zisebenza ngenani elinye: ukulandelelana kweentsuku. Yenza loo nto yonke imihla inani linyuke; uphose kanye libe nguziro. Kuvakala kukhuthaza iveki okanye ezimbini. Emva koko kwenzeka ubomi — umkhuhlane, inqwelomoya efika emva kwexesha, usuku olunzima ngokwenene — zize iinyanga zomzamo zinyamalale ngobusuku obunye. I-app ebifanele ikukhuthaze ngoku ivula ibonise uziro obomvu nesityholo esincinci. Abantu abaninzi ababuyi kuloo nto. Bayayeka nje ukuvula i-app. Ukulandelelana kweentsuku okubuyiselwe ekuqaleni, ngokuzolileyo, sesona sizathu siqhelekileyo sokuba abantu bawuyeke tu lo mkhakha.
Nantsi inxalenye uthotho olukwenza uyilibale: ukuphoswa lusuku olunye phantse akwenzi nto kumkhwa osakhekayo. Uphando olucatshulwa kakhulu ngalo mbandela (uLally noogxa bakhe, University College London, 2009) lwalandela abantu iinyanga lwafumanisa ukuba isimilo saba sisenzeka ngokuzenzekelayo emva komndilili weentsuku ezimalunga namashumi amathandathu anesithandathu — ngoluhlu olukhulu kakhulu, ukusuka kwiintsuku ezilishumi elinesibhozo ukuya kwezingamakhulu amabini anamashumi amahlanu anesine, kuxhomekeke kumntu nakumkhwa. Usuku olunye oluphosiweyo apha naphaya alumlibazisanga mntu ngendlela enokulinganiswa. Okwakubalulekile yayiyipateni iyonke, ephindaphindwe ngokwaneleyo, ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo.
Ngoko ukulandelelana okuqinileyo kweentsuku zonke kohlwaya into enye engabalulekanga ngokwenene — isikhewu esivela ngamanye amaxesha — kwaye kuyohlwaya kalukhuni njengokuyeka ngokupheleleyo. Iinjongo eziguqukayo, “kathathu ngeveki” endaweni yokuthi “yonke imihla ngaphandle kokuphoswa,” zibambelela ngcono kakhulu kwiinyanga. Kwaye eyona nto iluncedo ongayikhumbula emva kokutyibilika ngumthetho kaJames Clear: ungaphoswa kabini. Usuku olunye oluphosiweyo yimpazamo; ezimbini zilandelelana kukuqala kwepateni entsha. Ihlazo, kuyavela, lichasene noncedo — yona loo mvakalelo ethi “sendonakalisile, kungcono ndiyeke nje” ebhukuqa izicwangciso zokutya ibhukuqa nemikhwa.
TimePeace ibala ngeeveki, kungekhona ngeentsuku ezingaphukanga. Ukhetha into ethile — ukuzilolonga, umsebenzi wokuzonwabisa, ukufunda, umculo, ukupheka isidlo senene ekhaya, okanye nje ukujonga okulula kwizinto ezingazirekhodiyo — uze uthi kangaphi: kanye ukuya kasixhenxe ngeveki. Ize i-app igcine amanani amathathu azolileyo. Okwakho isingqi linani leeveki ezilandelelanayo ofikelele kuzo usukelo lwakho. Olwakho ukubaleka okungcono kakhulu sesona singqi side owakha wanaso. Kwaye olwakho isamba lulo lonke usuku olufanelekileyo, logama nje usaqhubeka nomkhwa.
Inani lokuqala liyenyuka lize lihle nobomi bakho. Amanye amabini akaze ehle. Iveki ezolileyo iqala kwakhona ukubala kwesingqi ngobubele; ukubaleka kwakho okungcono kakhulu nenani lakho lobomi bonke kuhlala kunjengoko bekunjalo, kuba wakuzuza, kwaye akukho nto yenzeke kule veki esusa oko wakuzuzayo. Iveki esaqhubekayo inokuzala kuphela. Ayikuze ikubonise ukusilela, ayikuze ikuphawule ngokubomvu, ayikuze izobe uphawu lokutshitsha kolo suku. Ukuba nguLwesine uze usilele ngeseshoni enye, TimePeace inokutsho, kanye, usuku olunye nje olongeziweyo lugcina isingqi sakho — ize ikuyeke. Ukuba iveki idlula ngokuzolileyo, into yodwa ekunika yona emva koko ngumgca ojonge phambili: iseshoni enye iqala ukulandelelana okulandelayo. Akukho ziro. Akukho nto yaphukileyo.
Imibhiyozo emincinci ihleli kumgca wokwenene wokwakheka kwemikhwa, kungekhona kumanani apheleleyo. Kukho uphawu oluzolileyo kwiveki yokuqala, kwiveki yesine, nakwiveki yesithoba — iveki yesithoba imalunga napho uphando luthi into iqala ukuvakala izenzekela — uze uphinde ubekho kwiiveki ezilishumi elinesixhenxe, ezingamashumi amabini anesithandathu nezingamashumi amahlanu anesibini. Lunye lufika kanye, ngobhedu, luze luphume endleleni. Akukho manqaku, akukho babheji, akukho nto ithengwayo ukukhusela inani, akukho silwanyana esimele sigcinwe siphila. Ubungqina bucacile ukuba iinkqubo zemivuzo ezinjalo zithoba kancinci kancinci yona kanye inkuthazo ebezijolise ukuyakha. Owona mvuzo ufanelekileyo ngulowo uvakalayo: ukuqaphela ukuba into obufuna ukuyenza rhoqo ngoku sele iyinto oyenzayo.
Kukho enye into eseleyo, kwaye yeyona nxalenye ndizingca ngayo. TimePeace yidayari kuqala. Ukuba sele urekhoda ukubaleka kwakho, izidlo zakho, nobusuku owabuchitha kwivili lokubumba, ke umkhwa wakho uzizalisa ngoko sele ukubhalile. Awenzi ukubaleka uze uphawule ibhokisi kwenye i-app — idayari sele uyigcina yile irekhodi. Andisazi esinye isixhobo sokulandelela imikhwa esinokukubalela “ukupheka ekhaya” okanye “ukuziqhelanisa nesixhobo somculo” kusuka kwirekhodi lokwenene leentsuku zakho. Oko kunokwenzeka kuphela kuba umkhwa nobomi oyinxalenye yabo kuhlala kwindawo enye ezolileyo.
Ewe — kwaye yiloo nto kanye ekuthethwayo. TimePeace igcina ukulandelelana kweentsuku; simane sikubiza ngokuba sisingqi, kwaye sikwakhe ngendlela yokuba kungabikho nto ikuhlazisayo neenxalenye ezibalwayo zingaqali phantsi. Ukuba uyakuthanda ukulandelelana, kukho kuwe. Ukuba wakha watshiswa kuko ngaphambili, olu luhlobo olulindayo endaweni yokukhalimela. Asichasene nokugcina inani. Sichasene nohlobo lokubala olwenza abantu abalungileyo bayeke into ababefuna ukuyigcina.
Loo nto, ekugqibeleni, yindlela ezolileyo: gcina inani elikukhuthazayo, ulahle inani elikohlwayayo, uze uvumele obunye ubomi bakho benze ukukhumbula.
Igcina okuthambileyo. Sikubiza ngokuba sisingqi: inani leeveki ezilandelelanayo ofikelele ngazo usukelo lwakho. Kunokunyuka kuhle nobomi bakho, kodwa ukulandelelana kwakho okugqwesileyo kunye nesixa sobomi bakho bonke akusethwa kwakhona. Ugcina oko ukuzuzileyo.
Kuncinci kakhulu, ngokoyilo. Uphando ngokwakheka kwemikhwa lufumanisa ukuba usuku oluphosiweyo ngamanye amaxesha alukucothisi ngendlela enokulinganiswa, ngoko iveki esaqhubekayo iyazala kuphela — akukho ziro kwaye akukho phawu libomvu. Umgca omnye oza kuwubona ujonge phambili: iseshoni enye iqala ukulandelelana okulandelayo.
Hayi. TimePeace yidayari kuqala, ngoko umkhwa owakhelwe kwizinto osele uzibhala — ukubaleka, ukutya okuphekwe ekhaya, iiyure zomsebenzi wokuzonwabisa — uzizalisa ngokwawo ngokusuka koko ukubhalileyo. Kukho uphawu olulula lokucofa kanye kwizinto ezingazibhaliyo, njengokucoca amazinyo ngentambo.