Time is gold: How do you spend your time wisely?

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Philippines
November 13, 2009 7:11am CST
I truly believe that time is a precious commodity, once time passes by, it could not be retrieved anymore. i value my time by seeing to it that I accomplish significant things in a day. I end my night by planning my schedules for the next day. As i wake up in the following day. I start my work by consulting my organizer. i see to it that i follow closely what i have organized in my schedule. By doing this, i can always accomplish my task on time. I also budget my time wisely by doing more important things. I also do not like to procrastinate. How about you, how do you spent your time wisely that it would not be wasted? Kindly shares your thoughts. thanks
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@dpk262006 (58673)
• Delhi, India
13 Nov 09
It is really good on your part that you execute your jobs in an organised manner. I also believe that time is money, time is essence and we should not waste it at any cost. I also plan my tasks in an orderly manner and complete those tasks one by one. Sometimes to save time I report to multi-tasking. I do not like to sit ideal.
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@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
19 Nov 09
Time is indeed important, but we should not constraint it, to do what we wanna do with it.. haha =D As when we planned out our time, we are no longer enjoying whatever we are doing.. We are just trying to keep up with time, and it's kinda stressful.. As such, we will start to be fearful of time, for ,time waits for nobody.. At the end of the day, we will find ourselves fulfilling all the task for the day, but accomplishing nothing at all, in our mind and heart ^_^
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
20 Nov 09
YEah.. haha
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
19 Nov 09
haha =D Your way of looking at time, and how it's being spent, is different from me.. What i go for, it's a sense of accomplishment, which might not be seen on the surface, but rather, filling up what my heart wants to do, and needs to do to.. hehe ^_^
• Philippines
20 Nov 09
I know... I understand what messages you mean to imply, it is not what the eyes could see as the reflection of your own sense of satisfaction is trace from your mind and the happiness you feel in your heart for accomplishing something worth your effort. I am also like that most of the times but the sense of being organized is the way to show the behavior in external aspects the way it should be like moving, as if all the senses is focus on the internal aspects their is lesser interaction...
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
13 Nov 09
AWWWWWWW the age of being retired! I can get up when I want and go to bed when I want. BUt mostly I do all emails first then Grand daughter gets up and my day can go any which way as we plan things around her. I dont feel like I have wasted any of my time so far .
• Philippines
13 Nov 09
hi lakota, Well, that is still good and understand it as you already accomplish what you like to be during your younger years and it is just the time for pay back time to make yourself feel relax as you already become what you are because of the good things you did during the past. thanks
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
14 Nov 09
thanks!
@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
14 Nov 09
That's really wise of you. I try to spend my time as wisely as possible, but sometimes I need more hours in a day and I'll feel so fed up when there aren't that many to finish off with. I think it's basically about time management, like many have said and I'll strive for it.
@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
16 Nov 09
I couldn't agree more, Neelia. Determination equates to success..
• Philippines
16 Nov 09
hey zed, you got a new avatar again... yup, without it all plans bounds to fail...
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• Philippines
14 Nov 09
hi zed, Truly, Time management and spending it wisely never dilly dally is a good thing traits which on need to keep in mind in order not to postpone plan. Thus, if one is dedicated with full determination to accomplish something need to work hard on it seriously never leave it behind half way, but stay with strong desire to meets each goals in reality while staying active slowly going back until each tasks is completed.
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
15 Nov 09
I spend my time in front of my computer doing some relevant things. As making money online I'll make sure that I have not miss out all what I did in my computer to accumulate some extra cash on my paypal account...have a nice day!
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
16 Nov 09
Yes! my friend. We need to manage our time and use it good things. Because it is wasteful if not grab the opportunity earn some from the internet. Since making online is available that is the best things to spend our time that chatting without any results...
• Philippines
17 Nov 09
Time management is the key to become aware of the importance to set all the plan as schedules so that the delay would be avoided and tend to accomplish every thing as much as possible in a set of deadlines aside from other priorities as well.
• Philippines
16 Nov 09
hi aerous, That's nice things you know how to spend your time wisely as even your spare times you are earning with your online sources of income. Have a nice day!
@sunny68 (1327)
• India
14 Nov 09
i don't plan my day ahead as there is generally a fixed routine. i prefer spending my spare time with family, reading books, or surfing the net (for information or fun). modernization has made life mechanistic and there is generally a tight schedule to follow. but i consider it very important to find some time for myself also.
• Philippines
15 Nov 09
hi sunny, Yup, the last word time for self is very precious as it is the time to pamper self and gives more attention to the body need both emotionally and spirituality. Having routine schedules normally is better than none at least you could see yourself as a person who live by coping to whatever methods that are available would surely be a great help. thanks.
• Philippines
16 Nov 09
Yup..some do overworking it often kill them as many suffering from health problems and even the family times bonding is being sacrifices that before they realize it is already too late.
@sunny68 (1327)
• India
15 Nov 09
i sometimes pity those who are in the rat race and forget what for they are earning money. what is the fun earning money if you do not have the time to spend it..?
@tigerdragon (4297)
• Philippines
20 Nov 09
i try not to wake up early especially if i went out drinking the night before, because i would useless if i did. whenever my alarm clock goes ringing, it turn it off and go back to sleep. when i get to work , i work til the time i am off and look forward to being with friends and have a couple of drinks and chat with them, sharing experiences and dreams. don't get me wrong , i have planned my life a long time ago and i only do weekly plans to leave some spontanaeity for the rest of the days. i love surprises and some jitters. it keeps me alive. if you believe that time is gold that you tend to keep and be protective about it, you long for financial rewards that you tend to forget what drives you, what's important. I believe that time is beauty and it needs to be shared. time is only a state of mind, and i have realized that we only have a short life in this earth and it is not worth wasting it to make us who we are or to to be powerful and prove to the world , we are someone to be respected who makes a lot of money. I ask you, what if your friends and relatives , all of a sudden does not have the time for you? esp. if you need it the most? time is not to be kept, it is something to be shared.
• Philippines
5 Dec 09
that very nice that you already plan ahead and leave a little room for surprises which makes you feeling complete..well,it is a saying though and many adheres to it especially if they are working with the ambition of being promoted or in the verge of making a lot of savings. They have the aim to target the items which they likely get at right time. Of course having time with loved ones is also important though they are separate from the professional word the manner of scheduling could be adjusted that personal lives is not being sacrifices.
• Philippines
2 Dec 09
ARe you always like that, I mean do you maintain to be always organize? if the answer is yes, then i am proud of you! I like to follow you too. I was like that before but then I get tired of doing it because there are things that cause or hindrance of what I do. At work I have a notebook, I write all the things I have to do but then at the end of the day, you will see it with cross marks or cancelled note because of some people who are not concern about their work. I do also plan about my personal life but there is always a hindrance of fulfilling it. Anyway, the statement is if you really want to accomplish things you can do it with or without hindrance, you can make it happen. Maybe I am not being true with myself. I guess I am not spending my time wisely.
• Philippines
5 Dec 09
i am organize in listing the things which I am going to do whether it is for the next day or for the next schedules as I always forget when it is not listed. This ensures me that important things could not just left out or set aside. It serves as my reminders that i just look on at it. Though, just like you some are not follow necause of the conflict of schedules. I see to it the next day it is accomplish.
@hmkoct5 (2065)
• United States
16 Nov 09
It sounds like you have an excellent time management system. I am not so organized. I always feel like I am losing time because I am unorganized. In the past few weeks, I have really made an effort to get my time management under control. It is hard for me because I have a hard time falling asleep at night. I end up staying up really late and sleeping my day away. I always regret it because I never feel like I accomplish what I wanted to. I wish I could get my sleep patterns to normalize!
• Philippines
30 Nov 09
hi hmcoct, Not really I just like having an amnesia most of the tomes i forget the things I need to do that is why I need to list all the things i need to do so that I may not get confused over the mix of activities. Though, having an organizer i could do all my plan for the next day in a rhythmic manner that I would not waste my time thinking over and over again about the things which i forget to do. thus, advanced planning the night before is all i need to be ready. thanks.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
16 Nov 09
I would love to be able to say I spend my time effeciently but I am not organized and until I get things back in order I will never effectively manage my time.
• Philippines
17 Nov 09
hi canellita, It is still better at least you know to spend your time wisely and nothing is wasted than doing nothing at all.
@magic9 (980)
• China
17 Dec 09
I quite agree with your opinion. yes, time is gold or more than gold. I remember years ago I read a story about Benjamin. In the story, he tells us what we can do in ONE minute. yes, in one minute, we can still do many things. For example, before his guest arrive at his home, he can tidy his room or work out part of his experiment. I try this too. yeah, one minute does mean something. I can heat my meal in microwave oven, set one-minute, in the meantime, I brush my teeth with this one minute or or wash bowls within one minute. With one minute, we can not finish many things, but at least one minute, we can race with ourselves by tidying our bedroom. Whenever I do nothing in a day, I feel guilty at the end of that day, knowing another precious twenty four hours are wasted by me.
• Philippines
26 Dec 09
yup, time is a necessity and every minutes is important as the world revolves within reality in every aspects one could do many things with a good purposes which have benefit to self and to other people too.. Such as being productive in work, then taking each task one by one then have to set a deadlines where to finish it. Like a goals or aspiration in life it is attainable if one keep pursuing her dreams and never waste time for out of struggle comes out success..
@flower21 (765)
• Philippines
29 Nov 09
time is gold but most of the times i have a lot of expectation that i miss them a bunch. i do not like to make a promises that i could accomplish my goals, i just do it at the best of my efforts. whatever the consequences i am ready to face it with no regret.
• Philippines
5 Dec 09
yup, that is better to do only the things which a part of your interest not for the purpose of impressing other people. Though, it is only normal to forget some details but as long as you know to make a follow up it is better than none at all.
@xchyler (258)
• Philippines
19 Nov 09
hi neelianoscet! Good day to you my friend... Yes, I really believed that time is GOLD because whenever you do every second, minute of day is precious specially when you spend the most of your time in your family. lol GOD BLESS xchyler
• Philippines
30 Nov 09
hi xchyler, Yeah, and time is so fast that one need to make her day special and we never know the next time around if we still alive, though the family is still the first priority as they are always around to care and very concern in every endeavor on have to take. thanks.
• Philippines
14 Dec 09
that is true although i procrastinate most of the time when i do not like to move i could not be force. but when i like to do something i do fast as i do not like to be late or my companion would get mad on me from waiting too much. i do not like to make promises tend to be broken most of the times. i do what i could but not compolsory rather voluntarily.
• Philippines
14 Dec 09
It is only pretty normal to feel lazy in a storm..lol..I mean in terms of lifestyle. As friend becomes to busy then to neglect the fact that they given too much focus with friend that they tend to neglect other things such as obligation to their family which should no need to maintain as in doing so need every things put in balance so that you would never been left alone..
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
14 Nov 09
I try to always spend my time wisely. I work seven days a week online and that takes up alot of my time alone. I get cooking and cleaning done while working also. I get the bills figured up and paid and the laundry done too. I only spend about an hour per day not working, doing something and I sleep about 4 hours per day.
• Philippines
17 Nov 09
hi stephcjh, That very nice of you. You really is a very hardworking gal as you only get sleep for almost 4 hours. Even here I notice too your performance are great too. You really deserve a lot of salute as you also know to balance every things able to perform other household chores as well.
@derek_a (10874)
14 Nov 09
As a Zen practitioner, I look at it this way.... Time is an illusion because there is only now. None of us are "going" anywhere at all - we are just here having experience after experience. If we can just stop for a while and contemplate that only now exists, that there is no past and no future that exists, we will be able to see that we cannot waste what doesn't exist! There is only now! - Derek
• Philippines
16 Nov 09
hi derek, It is like to seize the day as it is your last, though the essence of spending time wisely is still highly evidence to do the things which still around in front of us and never have to worry about the past that is already finish. As the future still lurking around would not bring worries if one have to focus on making each day worth spending without feeling being on the constant rush.
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@jenzai (388)
• Philippines
14 Nov 09
Hi neelianoscent, it seems that we have something in common. I also believe that time is gold, so we have to spend it wisely. I do make plans for my weekly, monthly and everyday activities. I wrote it in my planner to make sure that nothing escapes. I would make it sure that 20% of those everyday activities is responsive to my short term and long term goals. I make it sure that i will balance my activities so i can spend to enjoy with my family and friends.
• Philippines
17 Nov 09
hi jenzai, The same things with me as I am a kind of person who often forget that sometimes my memory lapses that i often neglect my other schedules if i never wrote it. Yup, balance is the key and everything would fall right exactly on place as you ever could imagine that all would be accomplish on time as you hope to do well in any undertaking. thanks.
14 Nov 09
the only time when i am not working when i am either on the computer or sleeping.Rest of the time i am busy managing job,kids and housework.
• Philippines
17 Nov 09
hi safiaahmed, that is a good things as you know to balance everything using time management skill.
@rjvb26 (2518)
• Philippines
14 Nov 09
I spent almost all of my time for my family and working home through internet. I cherish every precious moments with my family, i cherish every precious smile my son and my daughter made, and most of all i make my family feel every seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years that they are important. I will do this till i die! And even when i am already in heaven i will still do it! That's how i spend my time. Thank you so much for this very wonderful post.
• Philippines
17 Nov 09
hi rjvb, family should always be the first priority over other things as responsibilities in other aspects is also important but having a family to look at the end of the day is very comforting as they would also the one to care for when everything gone else where. Family is a great defense and bringer of real experience of happiness happen when everyone enjoy each other company and seek only the best care, love, understanding and affection which is likely missing compare to other lives.
• India
14 Nov 09
i spend my most of the time in studying
• Philippines
16 Nov 09
That is a good things with studying your mind is open to a wide avenues of learning which could guide you to make yourself even as a better person with supportive knowledge. Surely, you would not easily deceive as you have your own choice to be intelligent or highly smart.