TIme to make time by varez matthews
Time stops for no man: a law that has been set in stone and always applies during every moment in life. Needless to say, it is not worth wasting it on mindless video games and meaningless phone calls that have no benefit to such precious time that can never be gained back.
I realized this common knowledge a little too late I feel, seeing as I spent my entire Thanksgiving break eating, sleeping, talking on the phone, and really just wasting valuable time doing nothing positive or productive towards myself or anyone else.
The feeling of regret is one that will carry on, so the best advice to avoid this uneasy, dreadful feeling with winter break so near is to live every moment improving some aspect of your life.
There is always a way to enhance your life in some shape or fashion. I didn’t take advantage of the free time I had over my break, just as most teenagers in high school do these day, wasting their precious time.
Instead of catching up on sleep, you could get ahead in some class work you may know is coming up. Avoid watching television when you know you have free time to start on an upcoming project. Hanging with friends and procrastinating on school work is another common problem a lot of students deal with over long breaks away from school (especially with research papers here or right around the corner).
Maybe while you’re on some the social networks on the computer, you could research, trying to figure out problems you might have had in the classroom. Turn off the video games and think of how you could pull up any lower grades you earned the first semester.
It didn’t dawn on me that I could be spending my time studying or getting ahead of some school work, until I woke up the first Monday back to school, saying to myself, “What have I done positive for myself?”
It is okay to take a break when you have that opportunity, but you should also make the most of your time. I feel as if I have fallen behind and made no progress in any field in my life. But as I explain this, I also feel as though I may not have completely wasted my time, but instead I feel as if life has told me a valuable lesson and I have gone through a mental change, and have had a reality check.
Life teaches these lessons that shouldn’t ever be forgotten, and I feel this is one that actually has bettered my mindset as a student and as a young adult. So the absence of my productivity has taught me something valuable in life about time management: it is non-renewable, so use your time wisely this winter break.
I realized this common knowledge a little too late I feel, seeing as I spent my entire Thanksgiving break eating, sleeping, talking on the phone, and really just wasting valuable time doing nothing positive or productive towards myself or anyone else.
The feeling of regret is one that will carry on, so the best advice to avoid this uneasy, dreadful feeling with winter break so near is to live every moment improving some aspect of your life.
There is always a way to enhance your life in some shape or fashion. I didn’t take advantage of the free time I had over my break, just as most teenagers in high school do these day, wasting their precious time.
Instead of catching up on sleep, you could get ahead in some class work you may know is coming up. Avoid watching television when you know you have free time to start on an upcoming project. Hanging with friends and procrastinating on school work is another common problem a lot of students deal with over long breaks away from school (especially with research papers here or right around the corner).
Maybe while you’re on some the social networks on the computer, you could research, trying to figure out problems you might have had in the classroom. Turn off the video games and think of how you could pull up any lower grades you earned the first semester.
It didn’t dawn on me that I could be spending my time studying or getting ahead of some school work, until I woke up the first Monday back to school, saying to myself, “What have I done positive for myself?”
It is okay to take a break when you have that opportunity, but you should also make the most of your time. I feel as if I have fallen behind and made no progress in any field in my life. But as I explain this, I also feel as though I may not have completely wasted my time, but instead I feel as if life has told me a valuable lesson and I have gone through a mental change, and have had a reality check.
Life teaches these lessons that shouldn’t ever be forgotten, and I feel this is one that actually has bettered my mindset as a student and as a young adult. So the absence of my productivity has taught me something valuable in life about time management: it is non-renewable, so use your time wisely this winter break.