After leaving her job, she didn't view

time

the same. Instead of using the 24 hours she began segmenting each day into six markers. There was no concept of seven o clock anymore.

This was her system:
The rooster crowing in the morning -- 1. The

coffee

-- 2. The first meal -- 3. The walk -- 4. Dinner -- 5. And finally

sleep

-- 6.

When Jan from the old office visited her she made a lot of comments about how crazy this was.

"Well how can you get around like this? How can you get anything done?"

But there wasn't much to get done or go around to really. Now that she didn't need to be in the office by a specific hour, and finish up work by another, then meet a person for lunch by another specific time, just to run back to the office by yet another so she could respond to an email in timely fashion, she no longer needed to check the hour. She could see where the

sun

was in the

sky

, and the six markers were enough.

Some days a guest might stop by impromptu and they might get into a long

tea

and conversation and she might not be able to head into town to visit the

bookstore

before it closed. But that was okay. She would just go the next day.