Thursday, November 5, 2009
#4) Not Enough Time.
While attending BYU, I have had the oppertunity to have complete control over my time. I quickly learned that this freedom can cause great problems. It seems like I could do homework all day every day and never be caught up. When you add on a social life and the basic necessities of life for a college student which includes food, sleep, and exercise, the days never seem long enough. Lately I have realized an important truth, if you do not have enough time for what is important now, you will never find the time in the future. Last week, I decided to go to the temple. Unfortunately, I only had one hour open in my schedule. When I got to the temple, I found that there was now way I would be able to do baptisms that evening. I was upset and decided to leave time in my schedule for important things like service, church activites, family, and baptisms for the dead. This time management principle has greatly taken effect in our English 150 class. With an uncoming research paper due, I must plan accordingly in order to finish my paper in time.
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It is so true time management is everything. I hate it when I get behind on things. But, in the end it was my choice to get behind. By going and doing all the things I did that got me behind I chose not to do the important things. That is probably the biggest lesson I learned in college.
ReplyDeleteI'm still learning that lesson.
ReplyDeleteI tried to go to the temple one day too and the wait was an hour and a half so we had to leave. Also I think I figured out how I got the music on my blog. I went to mixpod.com and chose my settings and songs. After they told me exactly how to set it up on my blog so it was actually pretty easy. I hope that helps.
ReplyDeleteRachel, that's really good that you went to the temple and are committing yourself to have time for things of the gospel. The sincerity in your writing really drew me in as a reader and it was also a topic that I could relate to. Great work!
ReplyDeleteI feel ya girl! It is so hard to fit everything you need to in you schedule. Swimming, school work, church activities and somewhat of a social life has been so hard to balance all of them at once. I think it is a great idea to fit the most important things in your life such as church. I am sure you are receiving so many blessings!
ReplyDeleteHaha it seems like everyone can relate to you on the topic of time management. I win in that category i tried making a schedule once and forgot to fit in all the procrastination so it didn't end up working. I like what you said about leaving time for service and other things in life. One general authority said that you can judge yourself by how you spend your free time. Service has been one of the big things that i have looked at for my own free time. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteWow i wish I could take control of my time like that ha ha ha. I completely agree with you though. Since I have been here I have felt as though the week days go by so slow and the weekend is gone in the blnk of an eye. I feel for you and I am also trying to manage my time better. I have many tests coming up and papers due so i should probably start this time management thing soon ha ha.
ReplyDeleteoh love, i have had the same problem the past couple weeks. my advice to you and what i did was to get a priesthood blessing. take advantage of them. they will really help. and with the whole temple thing, i have found that saturdays work really well. i went just this last saturday and i found that i was really uplifted from it, which is good cuz i had been being a real downer
ReplyDeleteMy time management is bad. Im not going to lie about it. There are days where I seriously am confused as to where all the time went. It really is so hard to manage your time now that life is a little more serious.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy you figured out the secret behind time management, I’m still working on it but it's great to use a planner. I helps a lot, it makes me feel organized and once you get the hang of it you can start throwing in fun social activities.
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