It’s funny that one always have too little time, no matter what you are doing. A person who works 20 hours a day, wants to have just as much more time as someone who works one hour a day.
I don’t know why 99% of the people I know are time optimists, thus always complain that they have TOO much to do. However, I always want to hug those who does more than these people, and who always have an hour OR MORE to sit down and talk to me about whatever we wish we had more time to discuss.
I have written about Randy Pausch and his book “The Last Lecture” before, and mentioned his reason for being a successful researcher/friend etc. He managed his time.
I just finished watching his “Time Management” presentation [audio] and once again this man blew me away. Some day I’ll get back to what I learned from watching him, but for now, I’ll leave you with this statement, something that I hopefully can live by for years to come.
No matter what you are doing, working on, studying for, and everything that seems to take up a lot of your time remember that there are two persons that you must take time off for in order to do your job as good as you can:
- The person who means THE WORLD to you, your best friend, your boy-/girlfriend, family member. No other person can make you regain your strength as much as the one who makes you happy. Your other friends, family members, etc. will still be there in a week/month. Don’t worry!
- YOU! You always have time for yourself. Now, this does not mean that you should GIVE yourself an hour of watching TV if you have a report due in two days and it will take every moment of your time to write it. What it means is that you always have,
- time to sleep,
- time to eat,
- time to exercise.
These are basic needs. Humans NEED to do all of these things to survive. Playing video games, reading funny blogs, and whatever, is not something you NEED to survive. And guess what, that video game is still there after those three days when that report is written. Those funny blogs are still there, and you might even get a couple of extra posts to read.
This is what I learned from watching Randy, and I will come back to him again. And again.
But first, I have a list of things that are more important.
