There's Always Room for Jell-O and Beer

Seth Godin takes a philosophical look at a packaged food slogan:

Think about your schedule... is there room for an emergency, an SEC investigation, a server crash? If you took a day off because of the flu, is your business going to go bankrupt? Probably not.

So, if there's time for an emergency (Jello), why isn't there time for brilliance, generosity or learning?

Reminds me of an anecdote that made the email rounds when I was in college. You've heard this one: a teacher fills a large jar with rocks and asks the class if it's full. Of course, they say yes. Then, he pours sand into the jar, filling the gaps between the rocks. Again, he asks the class whether it is full. He then opens two cans of beer and pours them into the jar. They soak in, filling the jar to the brim.

The moral? In between the important things, there's room for a lot of little things. And there's always time to meet a friend for a couple of beers.