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TIME MANAGEMENT
By Princess Comfort Ajuma
Two students Moses and Wilson were given assignment from school and when they got back home, they
decided to do the assignment. When they started, Wilson got distracted by the television set for a while before he
returned to his books and got carried away when his phone rang, after dropping the call he decided to chat with
friends on whatsapp from where he logged in to Facebook. While he was busy with his phone their friend John
walked in and invited them to go see a movie everyone on campus have been anticipating for but Moses refused to
go with them because he was busy with his assignment. Wilson joyfully went with John to see the movie leaving his
assignment undone. This brings me to the topic time management.
According to Merriam - Webster dictionary time is the measured or measurable period during which an action,
process or condition exists or continues. Time is also an instance of something happening or being done.
Time Management is the process of planning and exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on
specific activities especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency and productivity. Time management is a vital
topic to be addressed most especially among the youths, because most youths don't know how to manage their
time, they do the right thing at the wrong time therefore they lack effective result. Your life cannot be better than
the things you spend your time doing and the type of people you spend your time with matters a lot.
The purpose of time management is to get more and better work done in less time, to increase productivity and
efficiency and also to accomplish goals. What you spend your time doing determines your productivity, therefore
make good use of your time to get effective results. In the illustration, Wilson did not finish up his assignment
because he was procrastinating and lacked self control and allowed himself to be distracted, therefore he could
not achieve his goal which was his assignment.
"Time will take your money but money won't buy time." James Taylor.
For proper time management, here are a few steps to be considered;
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planning for the future
Setting your goals right
prioritizing task
Monitoring where time goes
Avoiding procrastination
Having self control.
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