Manage Your Time, But Be Kind to Yourself!

‘Time is the element in which we exist . . . We are either borne

along by it or drowned by it.’

Joyce Carol Oates

Many mistake time management
as doing more
and more work. While
there can be no doubt that
we should turn out more
work in less time, it should
not lead us to a situation
where we do not enjoy
life. Becoming focussed on
your goal should not take
away the quality element in
enjoying life. The important question is: While working towards your goal,
are you enjoying life?

Answer the following questions:
1. How fast do you walk?
2. How fast do you talk?
3. How fast do you work?
4. When did you take your last vacation?
5. When did you take your family out for a dinner or lunch?
6. When did you spend an uninterrupted half an hour with your
child?
7. When did you take your wife to her parents’ place without any
agenda?
8. Are you spending enough time at your dinner and lunch table?
9. Are you taking breaks during the day to recoup yourself ?
Frank answers to the above question will decide the quality of
your time. If you do not find time to enjoy life, what is the purpose of
managing time?

Can you spend a few minutes introspecting on the above questions
today?
(From my book 'The Gift of Time')

N C Sridharan
www.thetimefoundation.com
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