So Little Time, So much to do

I remember filling out my timetable at the beginning of the year, excited at how much free time I would have. Wow! Only one class on Tuesdays!? I will have soooo much time!

 A month and half into the second semester I am being constantly reminded how wrong I was.  Because school or life in general, goes beyond just the classroom… there are the mandatory often mundane tutorials, preparing for class readings, class discussions, assignments… Oh, and the normative 8 hours of sleep some scientists say we are supposed to be getting. I say normative because it is how we would like things to be, but it is not always so. However, millions of students worldwide will tell you that 8 hours of sleep is unrealistic * slowly raising my hand*

Anyway, back to the “false” impression I got that I would have all the time in the world. It is not there. It always seems like there is so little time, so much to do. And at times it really can get overwhelming. So much so we forego things like the above-mentioned: sleep. Or skipping unmentionable days of gym, meal times, and movie dates with your pals etc etc etc etc… or the Horror: lectures.

But there is time. I realized that I do have time! And since changing my mindset from the so little time, so much to do… to I will choose to spend my time do this and that… My time management skills have improved. And I do feel a sense of a balance. You get to choose how to spend your 24 hours and sometimes it requires trashing some activities that may not serve your purpose at the moment.

So I am going to leave you with a quote by H. Jackson Brown serves as a constant reminder that I do have time! Maybe not time to do everything but I can do the important things. And by important I mean things that will serve your purpose

 “Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Hellen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leornado da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein” And just to add a little local spin to it, Nelson Mandela.

Peace and love

Xoxo

Imani Dlamini