[Found this post gathering dust in the drafts for the past 2 years. This doesn't apply much to me anymore, but published it anyway. Fuck, who cares...]
Managing time is such a tedious task. Nothing is as difficult as trying to squeeze in 15 activities in a limited span of time. Once you start working time becomes a critical resource. I remember those summer vacations where my parents would advise me to do something with that ample amount of time. I also remember how royally I wasted them. Well... I spent way too long watching DD1 and re-reading Tinkle and Champak way too many times. (Hahaha... I can't believe there was a children's book called 'Tinkle')
I am always running short on time now. There are a million things to do but no time. If I spent all the time I had doing the things I wanted to I will be left with no time to... waste. That's such a problem. If I could convince my mind that whiling away hours at a stretch in front of the laptop going through a relentless list of YouTube videos is actually something ultra-productive, I'd be the happiest guy on Earth. But even when my mind screams that I should do something productive in the time I have, I click the next link in the 'Related Videos' section. People called TV the idiot box. YouTube is its super-powered mutant offspring. It captures you and steals hours. I am a slave to it. That and several other portals on the internet with lucrative links in the 'You might like this too...' sections. If only it read 'Here are 15 other ways to fuck around with your time' I might think twice. Maybe not. But a lot of my time goes in watching or reading stuff that just does not add enough spice to my life.
There are things to do. Songs to learn. Sketches to finish. Compositions to complete. Frameworks to learn. Applications to code. Friends to talk to. Topics to learn. Science to understand...
Damn. That's a big list. But in the grand scheme of things what's the point if you don't add things to your brain? There are a hundred things that I wish I had done by now. If I don't do the things I want to do now I will have a list of thousand in a few years. I don't want to be one of those old guys basking in the tales of half-achievements. I need to achieve something substantial and make it all the way to the finish line on it. Starting a race is easy but finishing it is what matters... A video comes to mind here. (Too dramatic for this post. But what the hell... Its a good video)
[Random YouTube link that I can't find anymore... Sorry]
The key to everything is time management. If you can manage the time to do the things you want you will achieve what you want. Material temptations in life always drive you away from these.
Managing time is such a tedious task. Nothing is as difficult as trying to squeeze in 15 activities in a limited span of time. Once you start working time becomes a critical resource. I remember those summer vacations where my parents would advise me to do something with that ample amount of time. I also remember how royally I wasted them. Well... I spent way too long watching DD1 and re-reading Tinkle and Champak way too many times. (Hahaha... I can't believe there was a children's book called 'Tinkle')
I am always running short on time now. There are a million things to do but no time. If I spent all the time I had doing the things I wanted to I will be left with no time to... waste. That's such a problem. If I could convince my mind that whiling away hours at a stretch in front of the laptop going through a relentless list of YouTube videos is actually something ultra-productive, I'd be the happiest guy on Earth. But even when my mind screams that I should do something productive in the time I have, I click the next link in the 'Related Videos' section. People called TV the idiot box. YouTube is its super-powered mutant offspring. It captures you and steals hours. I am a slave to it. That and several other portals on the internet with lucrative links in the 'You might like this too...' sections. If only it read 'Here are 15 other ways to fuck around with your time' I might think twice. Maybe not. But a lot of my time goes in watching or reading stuff that just does not add enough spice to my life.
There are things to do. Songs to learn. Sketches to finish. Compositions to complete. Frameworks to learn. Applications to code. Friends to talk to. Topics to learn. Science to understand...
Damn. That's a big list. But in the grand scheme of things what's the point if you don't add things to your brain? There are a hundred things that I wish I had done by now. If I don't do the things I want to do now I will have a list of thousand in a few years. I don't want to be one of those old guys basking in the tales of half-achievements. I need to achieve something substantial and make it all the way to the finish line on it. Starting a race is easy but finishing it is what matters... A video comes to mind here. (Too dramatic for this post. But what the hell... Its a good video)
[Random YouTube link that I can't find anymore... Sorry]
The key to everything is time management. If you can manage the time to do the things you want you will achieve what you want. Material temptations in life always drive you away from these.
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