There is the time you lost on a story going nowhere, the years spent waiting for someone to change, the whole Sunday spent ruminating. You will not get it back, but you can at least declare it officially lost and stop looking for it.
The Clock Quarter is devoted to these invisible losses. It also holds two places tied to the things left unsaid: a red phone booth for the message you never sent, and a wailing wall where you stick a note you dare not say to someone's face. It is the district of regrets and missed chances, handled gently.
Who rests at the Clock
The "Lost time" category: one year too many in a bad relationship, hours of procrastination, a trip never taken, a chance you did not seize. Each grave often mentions a duration, from a few minutes to a decade.
Categories buried here : Wasted time
Worth a visit in this district
Bureau of Lost Time
Horace, the clockmaker, runs the Bureau of Lost Time: you fill in a four-box form and leave with a stamped receipt to share.
Last Call Booth
Pick up the red Last Call booth, dial a number you never called and say what you never said. The message never leaves your browser.
Wailing Wall
The Wailing Wall: choose a spot, stick your note, and it will appear after review alongside those of other visitors.
A few graves from this district
Epitaph ideas
Here lie four years of waiting for an "I love you" that never came.
Three hours of meeting for a decision that could have taken five minutes.
All that time spent wondering what I had done wrong.
Frequently asked questions
How do you accept having wasted time?
By recognizing that, at the time, you were doing the best with what you knew. "Lost" time is often time spent learning something about yourself. Declaring it closed is the start of getting going again.
Is my message in the booth saved?
No. What you write in the Last Call Booth stays in your browser's input field and is neither sent nor stored. Only the shareable card, which contains your choices alone, can be kept as a link.
What is the Wailing Wall for?
To leave a short note you dare not say to someone's face. Messages are reviewed before appearing, and the wall follows the same rules of respect as the rest of the cemetery.
Bury lost time
Where wasted time rests.
Bury here