Our time on this planet is limited to a few tens of years and in that same period of time. We only get to work to our full potential for about half of the timeframe, because during childhood, we spend some our lifetime depending on adults around us for support, and spend a long time learning and developing skills. Skills we only get to deploy for about 30 - 40 years of active work, and then we scurry into old age, and eventually, we die. And all that valuable knowledge and experience, will invariably all go to waste in death.
What this means is we have a very limited time to work with, and thus that time should be spent wisely on things that matter. We have to be picky about the way we spend our time, the things we engage with, the kind of people we relate to. Everything we do should be deliberate and intentional because time is the unit used to measure our lives. Regret is the most painful thing anyone will ever want to feel, o have to deal with because it keeps you wondering the different possibilities of several outcomes, that might not even be possible.
Make Time for What Matters
Anything that doesn’t add value to you emotionally, financially or in terms of your skill sets, should be relegated out, and should not be considered for execution. Charity is great for our mental well-being, because that feeling of doing something good, or protesting for a course that you feel is just, and right. This gives us a positive feeling, which in turn is great for one's health and general well-being. And as far as work and education is concerned, it adds immense value to our lives in terms of knowledge, finances, experience, and many other great incentives.
Now, any other thing that falls outside this spectrum, say someone wants you to do a painful task (which you don’t like doing) for them for free. This kind of task adds, little to no value because if you don’t like it, means it won’t help you grow in terms of your skill set, and doing it for free comes with no financial reward. So in essence, such task will be a colossal waste of one’s time if you chose to pursue it.
Be unapologetic towards whoever is asking for the favour, and turn it down if you don’t have the time to execute it. But if you have the time, and feel like helping out, by all means, help when you can, it comes with a great feeling
Make Time for Who Matters
Relationships are the blood of a great living, lonely and unhappy people die sooner than people surrounded by family and friends that show them complete love and care. You should spend time with the right people, people that value your time, your well-being and people who genuinely want to see you succeed and people who love you. Bad relationships are like cancer, they kill you slowly from the inside, your task is to cut such relationships off regardless of what your relationship with those people is. Because the closer someone with a negative mindset is to you, the more they can influence you. So it is wise to distance yourself from people that will add little to no value to you emotionally.
You have a responsibility to be your own best friend, you have to listen to yourself, encourage yourself, pamper yourself and take good care of yourself. When you are truly a great friend of yourself, then you can genuinely enjoy your own company, and be an amazing person to yourself and the people around you.
At the end of the day, you should guide your time cautiousness, because your time is all you truly have that is of value, everything else can be replaced, or restore, but lost time is hard impossible to retrieve.
References
Don't Give up - Important Quotes
Coaching Performance - Eliminate Time Wasters
