How to use Sun Time

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All of the worlds problems fall into one of four categories
  1. Communication
  2. Time management
  3. Knowledge management
  4. Task management
This blog post will be focusing on time management and communication. The illusion is that procrastination is laziness when in actuality it's not having a routine. Success psychologist Brian Tracey does a terrific job breaking down what poor performance/low output or unproductivity is.

I want to describe it in a different manner. Our brains are little problem solving tools that run constantly. Just living in an untidy environment is going to zap your energy the second you step through the door because your brain will instantly consume energy trying to make sense of it whether or not you approve. That's just what it does. Inefficient systems are this way as well. The little riddle of writing down a date in America does force your brain to consume extra energy. Things that are harmful to the environment consume the most energy just like a toxic relationship.

Our perception of time is the number one factor that shapes our reality. The dominance of the western output oriented linear thinking as opposed to the eastern process oriented cyclical thinking is the root cause for the hole in the ozone. It's the source of most problems. Especially stress and anxiety. Linear thinking is better than having no concept of time at all. The place with the greatest natural beauty is Papua New Guinea. Many of the indigenous people in PNG have no concept of time at all. They are happy but undeveloped as a result.

My point is that time perception is overlooked because it is so abstract. The modern world is ghetto compared to the lives of our ancestors because we are six hours ahead. The first hour of the ancient world is our 7am.

With global access to the Internet everything we do now is a conscious choice. The single greatest conscious choice anyone could make is how they choose to perceive time but it is a shift.

Sun Time is exactly how it sounds. It's the way time works with sundials. GPC is focused on time down to the second. In order to use Sun Time just set your watch back six hours. That's how they do it in Ethiopia. Observe the following typical schedule in Sun Time.

0100s wake up
0200s use restroom
0300s clock in
0400s task 1
0500s task 2
0600s lunch
0700s task 3
0800s break
0900s task 4
1000s task 5
1100s clock out
1200s eat dinner
1300s clean house
1400s task 6
1500s task 7
1600s sleep

Now observe the same schedule in military time.

0700 wake up
0800 use restroom
0900 clock in
1000 task 1
1100 task 2
1200 lunch
1300 task 3
1400 break
1500 task 4
1600 task 5
1700 clock out
1800 eat dinner
1900 clean house
2000 task 6
2100 task 7
2200 sleep

In the English language the formula for Sun Time is 'the + ordinal suffix + hour'. For example "the ninth hour" is 15:00 pronounced "fifteen hundred hours". In civilian time it is 3pm pronounced "three p.m.". Israelis write in military time but speak in civilian time. The United States military discovered the most energy efficient way was to speak and write the same.

Sun Time has dramatically improved my life but I have come to the realization that the system does need to be as energy conscious as the United States military. Now I know they waste a tremendous amount of money and that organization is rife with inefficiencies but there are brilliant people in there somewhere because a lot of things they do make so much sense.

The most natural and energy efficient way to express Sun Time is the system pilots use. It's called Zulu time. I have decided to model the GPC clock and convention of vocalizing time after Zulu which has already proven successful. Why waste energy doing the work an organization has already done and spent millions on I might add?

Briefly Zulu time is close to the time in London. Pilots set their watches to Zulu so they can take off and land at the correct times no matter what country they are in. It's how militaries and intelligence agencies around the world synchronize international operations. Zulu is simple. Just write a z after the time in London. So 13:00z is thirteen hundred Zulu.

Why Zulu?


Remember how I said all the world's problems fall into one of four categories? Well the United States military believes it can eliminate 90% of all drama and bullshit just by improving one of those categories - communication. GPC believes it can eliminate 90% of all drama and bullshit just by improving time management. In the English language many letters sound similar. Notice b, c, d, e, g, p, t, v & z all sound similar. The NATO Alphabet was invented in order to prevent miscommunication. The American police force uses a different system which has caused unnecessary fatalities just from miscommunication. That's why I stick to the NATO alphabet. The NATO Alphabet is also used to designate earths 24 time zones. Zulu or the letter Z is the time zone in London. It's worth pointing out that in Hebrew or Phoenician each letter is already distinguished one from another. It was already designed for international use thousands of years ago. We are just now rediscovering it's utility and applying it to the English language.

Ok so here are the three conventions of GPC Sun Time. We have a one syllable way, a two syllable way and a three syllable way. They are
  1. Sol
  2. Shemesh
  3. Sierra
Sol is the Latin and Spanish word for Sun. Using our earlier example 15:00 which is 0900s is pronounced "nine sierra". You can't write 9s otherwise it can cause confusion with the abbreviation for seconds. Shemesh is the Hebrew word for sun. Honestly I don't use it ever but it may have an application one day. Sierra is the NATO alphabet word for the letter S. I find myself using using sol when I'm thinking a lot because it's faster but vocally I find sierra to be the most natural. Sierra isn't a time zone designation in this instance like Zulu. Zulu is the only NATO letter used to tell time so it won't cause confusion. Sierra is just used as the letter S instead of the word sun. The son/sun homonym issue can be a source of conflict. This is how we resolve that dilemma.

The earlier formula for Sun Time - 'the + ordinal suffix + hour' burns too much kilojoules of energy in the brain because it goes against the natural norms in English of just having a single word like "o'clock" and "Zulu". Also you don't have to say the word hundred in Sun Time.

That's basically it. Now we can wake up at one sierra, use the restroom at two sierra, have lunch at six sierra, dinner at twelve sierra and go to bed at sixteen sierra. That's all the hours of the day. Or you can use sol. Now that you have matered Sun Time are you ready to take it to the next level? I hope you are. If the answer is yes please proceed to 🌐 GPC Divisions of the Day.

Graveyard


The graveyard shift can have the same exact time management advantages in Sun Time by simply designating the hours of the night as Lima - the NATO alphabet word for the letter L. Luna is moon in both Latin and Spanish.

1700s = 0100L
1800s = 0200L
1900s = 0300L
2000s = 0400L
2100s = 0500L
2200s = 0600L
2300s = 0700L
2400s = 0800L

Ancient Rome and Judea had this exact same advantage by dividing the night into watches.

May the creator of heaven and earth give you a calm mind and peaceful thoughts so that you can do great things with little energy.


Now that you know all about Sun Time now is a good time to jump into the ancient world and learn how the Qumranites utilized Sundials for day to day living.

📽️ Qumran Sundial 

📽️ Qumran Sundial pt ii

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