CHENNAI: Time waits for nobody. It goes on passing without caring for anybody and anything. That is why managing time is equal to managing your life. Effective time management depends on proper understanding about the importance of time. Time is a unique resource that cannot be saved or stored. If not utilised, it gets wasted away. Unlike other resources, it cannot be replaced. It is the only resource where each one of us has in exactly the same amount. How much a person accomplishes in, say a day, depends on how much he utilises his time.
By proper time management, one may be able to achieve as much as three average persons would. Hence, it is observed that those who waste time also tend to waste money and energy.
Some of the major factors that waste our time are lack of planning, failure to delegate, interruptions, adoption of wrong values causing maladies like jealousy, hatred, anger and ego, etc. Some friends are also known to be stealers of time. Prejudices, dependencies, leanings, attachments, worries and tensions leading to sickness of the body and mind also eat away a lot of our time. So do not put off till tomorrow what you can do today; do not put off till the next moment what you can do this moment.
One must know where one’s time goes or how the time is being spent. Keeping a time log is a useful device for discovering what wastes our time. It’s a very simple but valuable tool. One must spend a few minutes at the end of each day for this purpose. The record will give us an accurate indication of time usage, showing us where we are most effective and least effective in the use of time. It will give us a vast room for improvement in saving the maximum amount of time and enhancing ourminner powers to rescue ourselves from this trap.