Monday, October 10, 2005

Why Do You Think That Some People Are So Pressed For Time But Some Have Too Much Time On Their Hands?

Buddies!
I have been doing these compos for my grandmother to read so that she can help me improve my english. Btw, today's topic is about time management. Its dedicated to Aunty Debs from The Revelation Generation Group in OLPS who is an inspirational speaker when it comes to time management. Hee hee.... btw the gal in d pic is not a.debs. she is Renee my good buddy! haha...
Time, time, time! It is all about planning your timetable well and accomplishing your goals in that particular time span. However are we all victims of time mismanagement? Different people have more time than others partly due to the responsibilities in which they are obliged to keep. However, some people with the same responsibilities can accomplish their goals faster and have more free time due to their fast-working habits.

Time mismanagement is a common problem among Singaporeans who have to keep a hectic schedule over a short period of time. From waking up early in the morning to kick-start the day to burning the mid night oil to finish all the last minute work before work on the next day begins. Singaporeans are so filled with work that they are not given much time to spend with their children or for recreational use. Weekends, too, are occupied for work. Lunch is sometimes a miss for some people. However, this can all be accomplished through time management. With time management, habits are inculcated to people to accomplish their work or goals in a shorter period of time by the creation of a timetable. With a timetable, a schedule is formed to balance both play and work this will help relief stress as all work and no play makes Singaporeans dull people. As a result, people with the use of time management will not feel so pressed when it comes to time on the hands, resulting in having more free time for recreation and for family life. Time management kills two birds with one stone as Singapore’s ageing population crisis will, therefore, be achieved through the availability of more time for family fostering and bonding if people make use of time management well.

Another factor resulting from some people having more free time than others is the presence of fast miracle workers. Some people are gifted with talents to work, think and act fast. As a result of this, different people have different working speeds. These speeds vary depending on habits inculcated in the workers throughout their life. An example is a student who always practices Mathematics as compared to another who rarely does it. Who do you think will be better and faster at Mathematics? Of course, it is the student who practices it often. Practice makes perfect. When you practice, you tend to pick up speed as you go about doing, for example, a Mathematical Sum as your brain will start to think and act faster resulting in your work being accomplished at a shorter time span.

Apart from that, some people have more free time than others also due to the fact that different people have various responsibilities to keep. The more responsibilities you have, the lesser time you treasure for enjoyment or recreational use. Responsibilities may vary from work to family responsibilities. No matter how you go about accomplishing them, you will definitely have less time for other purposes. Therefore, people have less time than others due to the different working schedules and responsibilities.

Time is very important for us. We need time for different purposes at different time intervals such as having breakfast in the morning and not at night. With time management and the other factors put to use, we are given more free time to do constructive or destructive things. It depends on how we want to use it and how wisely we use it because a stitch in time saves nine.

Posted by Alexander Thaddeus Kow at 10/10/2005 09:13:00 pm