I am not sure about you, but I certainly feel like I am always searching for more time. I always have something that needs to get done or something that I want to get done. There is only so many hours in a day and I understand that notion. However, why do some days seem to go by faster than others?
Time is neither our friend nor is it our enemy. I am constantly hearing from students that they ran out of time on their ACT/SAT tests or that because of practice, school, and socializing they didn’t have the time to sit and do their homework.
Whilst I type this, I think of all the things that I need/want to have accomplished and what the deadline is that I want them to be done by. I am headed to Idaho first thing Monday morning. I am not packed, haven’t started packing or getting what I need to go. There are dishes to be finished, laundry to be washed, and I would really like to wash the kitchen floor [okay, maybe not so much that last one], but you get my point. I then think about all the time I “wasted” today. I did have 7 hours of work at the office today. Aside from that I went to the oral surgeon [that I couldn’t avoid], I spent at least an hour driving there and back. I spent Andrew’s lunch hour at his company with him, than came home before work and sat on the computer. I took a shorter shower than usual this morning, and I didn’t take the extra time to straighten my hair. So, why didn’t I have time to pack at least a pair of boots today?
Because I am stalling, I am putting off doing the thing I don’t want to because I don’t want to leave. I don’t really want to go to Idaho for three weeks, I have to go. It’s the same thing with the student and the homework. They don’t necessarily WANT to sit and do their Mathematics homework, so they don’t.
I don’t think we’re searching for time… in my opinion we’re wasting the time we have so we have less time to do the things we don’t want to do. We find things that are more meaningful and enjoyable to do with that time. No one really wants to be miserable, bored, or “stuck” but that’s not the way it goes.
Time is always a funny thing. How time flies is dependent on the person you ask, it may be slow for you but zooming by for another.
Make the most of your time, you truly never know how fast it’s going to go by or how much of it is going to be left. Do what you need to do, spend time with those whom you cherish, always say I love you, and try not to hate. A deployment might come up, unexpected training, a conference in another city you have to attend, or an opportunity to study abroad.
Cherish time, it’s precious.
Life as we THINK we know it 