No hands

I just met a man that has no hands on his watch. Why does he wear the watch if it doesn't function like a watch should? Maybe to remind him that it doesn't really matter what time it is.
What if I had no hands on my watch. Would I be anxious all the time, just wandering what time it is. Or would I even care what time it was and just go with the flow?

Does it really matter what time it is? I looked at the clock at 4:00 and then again at 4:30. What did I do that was so important in that half hour? If I want it to be 6:30 so bad, why can't I just do what I would do at 6:30, that seems so important to me, now.

Where was I yesterday at 4:30? Did it matter? Will it matter tomorrow? Tomorrow I might be dead by 3:30 and never see 4:30. Will that hour matter?

Tomorrow I know that my nephews birthday party is at 5:00. I won't be there exactly at 5:00. Would it matter to my nephew if I showed up earlier or later? As long as I brought his gift, I think not.

I also have to be at the office at 9:00. It would most likely matter if I was late, but no one seems to acknowledge when I'm early. Early doesn't count like late counts. Why?

I have my alarm clock set for 6:30. I don't usually get up until 7:00. Does that half hour matter? Did I waste it?

Am I letting the hands on the watch dictate how I live my life? Most likely the answer is, yes. Why? Because of society? Because that's what responsible adults do? Time management.
This watch with no hands has me perplexed. Therefore I must assume that if I wore a watch with no hands, I would indeed be anxious. But is the anxiety equal to that of wearing a watch with hands? I do not know.

Maybe I need a watch with just one hand... then I would be somewhere in between. Kinda caring, kinda not.

This is exactly why I don't read the paper. It makes me anxious.