It is not so surprising that we often find ourselves too overwhelmed with a lot of things. Many assignments due on the same time. Many readings must be accomplished in a very short time. It seems like that we don't have enough to enjoy ourselves. Is it really the case that we certainly do not have enough time to slow down? Why do few people do a lot of things in their busy times, while others even do not reach the baseline in their ample time? this is a very good question. Finding answers for this anser certainly help us shape our way of seeing this world.
Time management is a critical issue for everybody. Unfortunately, most people seem to fail to appropriately realize how important it is to realize how we make use of our time. Knowing how things should be done is a very good start. Our group arrived in Chicago four weeks ago. I often noticed how things are done around me. And how architects build houses and apartments are also one of my interest. Across the Baumhart Hall in Pearson Ave, a huge apartment is being built. At the very front of the building, the announcement says: The Future Home of St. Clare at Water Tower. I learned that the building is projected to finish in January. I was amazed. How can people be sure that the building will be accomplished on a certain day?
My imagination goes wild. When I pass the construction site, I always imagine that the architects are knowledgeable to the amount to job and technical things related to the building process. I am sure that in order to precisely predict the accomplishment of the project, they have also precisely and accurately counted all the detailed jobs to do. They have set up a rigid scheduling. They must follow a series of strict procedures. Everybody must comply with the rules and designated plans. Any single failure is very likely to cause serious problems. The jobs have been identified, calculated, and predicted. So, things are predictable. The trucks providing concrete must wait in line. Late arrival is certainly highly discouraged, because it causes a number of related problems. I keep imagining, and imagining. And I found similarities in the concept of leadership.
Being a leader means seeing what things should be done, and accomplished. He/she must assess the level of accomplishment. When things go wrong, he/she must be able to facilitate that improvement to happen. Supervising is certainly a very good thing to take into account. And leadership does not necessarily mean "great" thing. It is about our day-to-day life. We have various kinds of choices to do. We may prefer to do something earlier, and put aside other things and do them later. If we are not fully aware of this kind of habit, i.e. preferring doing things and easily tempted to put aside and leave things for the next time, it is going to be harmful for our life. We often feel overwhelmed. We always think that time is not always enough for us.
What happens with those successful people is not because they have more time to do things. I believe that it is mostly because they are able to manage their time. When we are not able to see the purpose of our life, we feel that we do not have enough challenge to do. We always feel that the assignments are still far away. We enjoy too much our days by playing around. When there are too many assignments do, so we do not have enough time to process the information.
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