The Sassy Sleuth

COVID-19.  Lockdown F*ck, I know right. All this social distancing became an eye-opener for me three weeks ago here in South Africa. It was Saturday night, 7pm, that I decided to take a drive around my area.  Now, I live in a vibey, upbeat place occupied in sports fields, pubs, bars and restaurants. There’s ALWAYS evening joggers, soccer, laughing, dancing, drinking (a whole lot of drinking!) and maybe even some amateur two seconds of fighting and swearing the other person’s mum or throwing a banana at the person who took your parking spot. But not this weekend. After our President ruled that all bars and restaurants were to be closed at 6pm, it was a sad revelation witnessing everything around me all dark and eerily silent on a Saturday night. Driving through was like driving through a ghost town. I was hit hard then and there, thinking about the fatalities, the fear and the possible failing economy here and worldwide.  However, the most part of me was

Hey sassy females. Are you ready to dive into some investigating today? Ok, let’s go. Firstly I want to present to you evidence, in the form of statistics, with regards to managing time. (I mean which detective doesn’t love good old-fashioned stats! Ya’ feel me?) The full-time employee works an average of 8.5 hours per weekday and 5.4 hours per day on the weekend. (BLS 2019) The average employee only works for 3 minutes before switching to another task.   (Atlassian 2019) The average worker checks emails and IM every 6 minutes. (Rescue Time 2019) Watching tv is the most enjoyed form of leisure, accounting for 2.8 hours per day. That works out to 42.6 days per year! (BLS 2019)                   F**************ck!! So my question to you is how many hours in a day do YOU need? 10? 30? 52? Well, let me tell you what the correct answer is. It’s 24. Uhmm…why? *Because that’s how the earth works in relation to the sun. Distance from the sun and t