How many hours a week did you spend doing "theocratic" things?

by freedom96 2 Replies latest jw friends

  • freedom96
    freedom96

    There are the meetings, field service, personal study time, etc.

    But, there was much time spent getting ready, getting dressed for the meetings, driving time, getting undressed out of those horrible meeting clothes, the time spent socializing before and after, coffee breaks during service. When you add it all up, isn't in kind of scary when you realize how much time you would be spending if you were a good little witness?

    Think about it: per week

    5 hours of meetings. 5 hours

    Getting dressed, driving, socializing before and after the meetings : 6 hours

    Personal and family study time : 2 hours

    Study the Watchtower study the night before : 1 long hour

    (Does the actual Watchtower study count for 8 hours? or is that just me?)

    Field service : 3 hours

    Getting ready for service, going to and from, yearbook article before, coffee break : 3 hours

    I get 18 hours a week. And that doesn't include overtime!!

    How much time did you actually spend?

    For me, as an adult, I did not make all the meetings, rarely out in service, never studied, so I saved a lot of time actually. But those meetings were just so damn incovienent.

    As a kid growing up in a witness home, those above hours were close. And then my parents would go shopping or something after the meetings, so even more time was wasted before I could get home and play.

  • shamus
    shamus

    Wayy too many... it's amazing how much time we actually spent! It is actually quite disgusting. The only real free nights were Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and that's it. All other days you either had a meeting or had to be in field service, or something...

    Then, study on top of that.

    It's disgusting to think about it, really. I could have been in college or been doing something with my life.....

  • quinah
    quinah

    I used to spend every waking hour doing theocratic things when i was a pioneer and that was back in the days when you had to do 90 hrs pr month to be a regular. Things didnt get much better after i came off the pioneer list and got married. I worked full time mon-fri 7:45-4:45 and the week went like this Monday after work and doing hw and tea a bible study from 7:30 which would last till quite late

    Tuesday ministry school and whatever else after came home about 10.00pm cream crackered

    Wednesday study for Thursday night group

    Thursday Book study

    Friday late night witnessing followed bv w/t pre study

    Saturday no lie in my hubby was reaching out to be a MS so it had to be ministry for at least 2 hrs

    Sunday talk and W/T followed by more ministry

    Phew im tired just typing all that in!

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