Volume 2 · The Discipline of Hours · Essay 83
Dumping Exercise
Dumping Exercise is the kind of technique that looks too simple to respect and too useful to ignore.
Try it for a fortnight before judging it. Most methods die in the court of first impressions, which is the least competent court there is.
The idea is simple, and like most simple ideas it is easy to nod at and hard to use. The nod is free. The use costs attention, every day, in small change.
Think of the student the night before the board exam, and the same student the morning after results. One believes time is an enemy; the other discovers it was only a mirror.
Time is the one currency the Reserve Bank does not print more of. The name is new; the wisdom stood at bus stops long before either of us.