False Sense of not having Enough Time
False Sense Of Not Having Enough Time
I don’t have enough time. I am being pulled in many directions. Someone or something is stealing my time. Whether you complain that you are overworked and overextended or you believe that other people, and obligations, are forcing you to postpone or cancel your own aspirations or dreams, you’re basically saying one thing: you are inefficient. Yes, it’s your fault. it’s bullshit and you can change that.
When we talk about equality in life, the one thing that we all have in common and in the same quantity is time. I’ll go as far as to say that how we use our time defines our lives. Each day when we awaken, we all have twenty-four hours. We can use those hours wisely or we can make up excuses and use them poorly. Time used well bestows incredible benefits. It helps us make more money, forge important relationships and break down adversarial ones. It creates camaraderie and allows us to bond with those whom we love and respect. It brings us joy and the chance to experience the world. Time used wisely offers these things and so many more.
Not appreciating time nor understanding its value can lead to life’s greatest losses. Not calling our mother for such a long time is an example of how can we waste away the gift each day gives us. The refusal to reach out to my mother placed a chip on my shoulder and I sometimes wonder how my life would have been better had I not allowed myself to let that happen. It’s very personal but should serve as a cautionary tale for anyone who is thinking about throwing time away. We cannot get back wasted time.
I see people paralyzed by time wasters like checking email and social medias, and bogged down by simple tasks they could easily delegate. The amount of time we devote to social media proves that we have plenty of time for the things we like. No, you’re not too busy. Maybe you just need to rethink your priorities.
It’s not that you don’t have enough time, it’s that you are not assessing and valuing your time properly. The problem is that many of the current tasks may be less important than the future tasks in term of our long-term aspirations. For instance, getting a project to meet deadline is important, but plotting out goals you need to reach over the next six months in order to get a promotion and a raise is crucial.
If you have problems spending your time wisely, you are not alone. Consulting firm McKinsey & Company asked fifteen hundred executives how they spend their time. Only 9 percent of the respondents said they were very satisfied with the way they allocated their time. That’s very low. Less than half were somewhat satisfied and a full third were actively dissatisfied. Only 52 percent of the respondents said they spend their time in a way that mirrored their companies’ strategic goals. If executives feel this way about the way they are spending their time, we can assume that other workers feel similarly.
Procrastination is a belief that time is not going to go away. Yet as anyone who has ever missed a cutoff date or been up against an April 15 tax deadline knows, time is finite. Unfortunately, procrastination feeds on itself. It’s an addictive behavior, like smoking or overeating and, like these negative habits, it can have devastating consequences. Just because you feel lazy or uninspired doesn’t mean you have to indulge those feelings and give in to them. If you are procrastinating, ask yourself, is my future important enough to do this, or some of it, today? This question takes you to someplace very deep. Will I move forward or will I stay in my cage?
Procrastination can be harmful. Just look at John. John was focused on opening a retail shop in the city. Rather than pushing to get it done quickly, he procrastinated, delayed, and opened six months later than he had planned. The six months delay not only added rent and other expenses to his budget, he completely missed the year-end seasonal buying. Rather than opening in November to catch the buying season, John opened in March, when the season was over. He missed the opportunity, lost even more money during the off-season, and closed before the next year-end buying season began. Two years wasted and hundreds of thousands of dollars lost.
Accomplishments and achievements do not happen by mistake or by themselves, they are the result of a conscious effort to take action. Life is not a coincidence, life is a consequence.
That’s all for now, my friends. See you all in my next article.
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