Woke up this beautiful Saturday
morning and went straight to work, well not so straight, i dragged
about on my bed after praying because I was going to do something I
didn't like but had too, which was , wash my car. Growing up I had
always disliked washing cars, when I was serving and staying with my
uncle , we would wake up early by 5 am to start the day so as to
avoid the traffic going to work. After prayers I would get the
bucket and immediately go outside and wash the car. I didn’t like
doing it then and still didn’t like it now but it was much easier
now for me washing my own car since I knew how to do it well and in
no time the car was clean.
“Take the indexes out, move the
graph and jump right into it. GO!!” that was the MD of my bank
given an instruction to someone making a presentation during a
performance review , time was short. The meeting was to start at 3 pm
but due to technical delay, it started at 3.30pm. The presenter got
on stage and before he could say anything the MD just spoke up and
told him to take out all the preambles and get straight to the point.
Time was of the essence and he wanted the fact straight. Time is off
high value it never comes back once used, God said it in Eph 5:16 -
But as wise: redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Is it as important as it seems or just
another activity robbing you of your time to rest, read a book or
pray. I find myself asking that question now every time when someone
asks me out or when I want to make a plan of what to do. On like
before that at the drop of a hat or request from a friend we are out
the door, off to the club or bar to get a drink and hang out with
friends or party and dance the night away and comeback more tired
than I was before and sleep for only 3 hrs and start the day again.
That was how my Fridays and Thursday were. I couldn’t sleep most
Friday if I was at home because I felt I had to be at some party,
TGIF.
I felt “Hey am young and happy , I
will sleep later” luckily for me I could stay awake all night and
still function properly the next day, with maybe 2hrs of sleep. I got
that from my parents they ware always hardworking and active,
especially my mum who ran her own business while we were kids, so I
had a good role model in term of strength, she could stay awake 2days
straight finishing up a project and we would all go to sleep. There
were times in the office though that I had to get some short 20mins
nap and my boss will catch me and tell me to go for a walk and come
back, he was once young and pretty much went through the cycle I was
in.
I had fun and was happy but now, i am
more time conscious. I always ask myself what do I want to invest my
time on. I ran into one of the manages of the Club i spent 90% of my
time in. She complained she hadn’t seen me in awhile , most of my
friend do actually, I just tell them “am home sleep, exercise or
reading”. Its fun hanging out once in a while, once a month or
more. But 4 out of the 4 weekends in a month you are doing TGIF ,i
figured what was i celebrating . I Am all for fun and parties but
now I plan them accordingly, I guess I had a problem with clubbing
because I was always in the club, Friday and Saturday so for me I
guess clubbing stole my time , for someone else it could be TV or
even reading books and resting... LOL. - “Different Strokes for
Different Folks”
Now, I just find different ways to
balance my time out and making it productive for me is key. Making it
serve you and not you serving it. You shouldn’t just be marking
time and watch the moments pass you by and not be involved in it.
Your body shouldn’t just be there and you are not even actively
present and partaking of the moment. Don’t just go through the
moments. Life is beautiful and should be enjoyed. At this point I
think I have to put a picture here … hold on.
I and a group of my friends went out to get breakfast together, while we were ordering our
foods and talking about our futures, one of us said“ when I was a kid I told myself, that at 28 yrs I would
be married and have a Master degree , but when I turned 28yrs I had
neither and realized that I had just idled my time away.” He
got married last year but he had missed his target. He looked happy but that was something he wish he had done.
You
might ask why I started with my sad story of washing my car , for me
its not easy waking up in the morning for me does 5 extra minutes
sleep are the nicest but I had what to do, and was on a schedule this
particular morning. Had to got to church for an outreach for the
first time and wanted to be early so I had to make sure I finished
washing my car on time , which equally meant I had to get up early.
So I had to redeem the time and wake up by force and get to it.
Benjamin Franklin once said “You may delay, but time will
not and lost time is never found again”.
Do
you have any goals or target to archive, now’s a good time to
start. Make a Plan today and maximize your time.
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