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What’s your desired superpower? Mine has always been flying. I often fly in my dreams and it is exhilarating.  I wish I could experience this freedom, expansive beauty and soaring escape in real life.

But today I realized I wished for a new, different power. I wish I had the power to extend my days, to increase the number of  available hours to match the number of tasks on my To Do list.

Is that sad?

 To trade the beautiful dream of flight for the satisfaction of a tidily checked-off To Do list?

Or is this the 2010 version of the age-old human desire for immortality? With the near-endless pressures of modern life,  perhaps we wish for endless days, rather than endless years or endless youth.

At any rate (for any supreme beings that might reivew my superpower request), I’d like to quickly qualify that I would not over-rely on my new power. I would only invoke it on a shortterm basis during extraordinary, busy, pressing times. Like now–when a few extra hours today would make a difference to my organization or family tomorrow. I wouldn’t abuse it, I promise, Fairy Godmother, and during ordinary times I would employ all the tried-and-true time management tips we all know and love.

 But for now, I could use a break.

I wonder: what’s your dream superpower, and what does it say about you?

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