Time is irreversible. Time once gone is gone forever. It manifests a huge role in everyone’s life. The door to success remains open for the person who knows how to utilize time.
The importance of time is often overlooked. The thing is that, many people have the habit of delaying their works until a few moments before the deadline, when there is little time and that kind of task can never be done properly. This way, we end up wasting a lot of time on useless stuff just to miss out on precious opportunities that life gives us. For example, we spend most of the time using smartphone scrolling text or videos mindlessly doing nothing useful. To prevent such obstructions, we should always prioritize what is important to us in life so that we can achieve more with less effort.
Here is a short story that depicts the importance of time management. Once, there was a lazy man named Hector who was friends with the king. One day Hector asked the king why no one gives him a job and calls him lazy. The kind king said, “You can go into my treasury and collect as much as wealth you can, till sunset. Hector rushed home to tell this to his wife. She said, “Go and get the gold Coins and gems now”. “I cannot go now. Give me lunch first, I’m hungry”, said Hector. After lunch, he took a nap for an hour. Then, in the late afternoon, he picked some bags and went to the palace. On the way, he felt tired. So, he sat under a tree to rest. Then, two hours later, he got up to go. But he saw a man showing some magic tricks. He watched it for an hour. Finally, when he reached the palace. it was already time for sunset. The palace gates had been shut. Thus, Hector had lost a golden chance as he had not known the value of time. Time management is a skill. It helps us manage our tasks and work more efficiently. Unfortunately, most people do not realize how precious time is, until, in later years of their lives.
Time management skills are a vital part of a progressive individual. It helps us to manage our tasks, be more productive and achieve our goals faster than if we didn’t have these skills. Having a perfect plan for utilizing time makes you feel more efficient and productive. Setting goals and deadlines will help make sure that you are always working towards something that puts you nearer to your goals.
Have you ever heard the phrase, ‘Time and tide wait for no man’? Well, it is as clear as that, time is always in motion, It does not stop for any one rich or poor, famous or ordinary, man or woman. Each person is given 24 hours a day to either utilize it or misspend it. Time waits for nobody, but it gives us equal duration to follow our dreams or waste them. Since it cannot be contained, we are only gifted with the power of memory to capture all the great moments that made our lives worthwhile. Life is how you make it. Good time or bad time always depends upon the person himself. Life is filled with ups and downs, but you can only look forward with hope.
“Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow is a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That’s why it’s called the present!”
It is rightly said that, ‘The best things in life are for free’. Same goes with time-it is the best gift that life has to offer us. You cannot put a monetary value to time. You cannot redeem it with any form of money or property. If that were the case, then, many wealthy men would have traded their billions of dollars to enjoy more time on this lovely Earth.
Also, No one can lease or borrow time. Just like a thumbprint, it is uniquely yours. We are given time, but in different proportions. Some grow past the century mark, while others do not see the light of the day and come out as miscarriages. The duration of life does not matter, however, because we have no control over it. How we live is what that matters, because we can try to have control over our destiny. It is the quality of life that matters and not the quantity. There are people who died very young, but lived far much better and fulfilling lives than people who grew to their old ages. People make excuses that, they just don’t have time to do something. The truth is that, there is enough time for everything. How we plan or fail to plan our time is what matters. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. This is actually true for time. Time is a thing that must be used wisely and efficiently. A person who uses his time efficiently can never fail in life. We must realize the significance of time and should use it properly. The following are a few tips to make time more useful:
- Focus on what you are working on. Prioritize and organize your tasks. •
- Eliminate distractions.
- Create a good daily schedule.
- Monitor your progress to stay on track.
- Set deadlines for your tasks.
Many people waste their time waiting for the right opportunity to strike. Unbeknownst to them, opportunities rarely come on its own and it is up to us to create them. You have to be in the nick of things, doing something meaningful, and that is when, an opportunity will arise. The mantra to be successful in life is to manage time effectively.