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Time Management Is Everything in Life - Here's Why

     Time is a limited commodity pertaining to anything and everything we do.  Theoretically, we have 24 hours per day to do anything we want.  Realistically, A person’s usual schedule involves 5-8 hours of sleep, 8 hours of work, and 8 hours of doing whatever they want to do.  Usually, we enjoy taking a break from our everyday tasks by relaxing during this 8 hour period.  It is important to recharge after a long day’s work.  However, people become accustomed to their routines so much so that making a change can seem harder than it actually is.  Instead of relaxing and doing whatever they want, the person is having to step out of their comfort zone and allocate time to a new task.  Because time is such a precious resource, using it on tasks that do not provide immediate happiness can cause stress, anger, and a lack of motivation to continue.  However, thinking long term, using our time to work towards something beneficial is how we achieve, prosper, and create a schedule involving less time working and more time relaxing.
     People share similar mindsets of wanting something but being unwilling to put in the time to get it.  It involves allocating time from relaxation into something which could involve hard work, unpleasantness, and exhaustion.  The fact of the matter is, however, if you want to achieve something, then you have to put in the time, even if it can cause unpleasantness.  We are instinctually wired to maximize pleasure and minimize pain, but we are also intelligent enough to know pain can lead to pleasure.  Most of us know this but are still hesitant to make the change due to their comfortability with their current routine.
     In the end, it all comes down to time management.  We need to ask ourselves what the best use of our time is and whether or not we are happy with our time allocation.  If the answer is no, then it is time for a change.  Stop talking and start acting.  Take an hour out of your relaxation time to work on making a change.  This will ease you into the new routine, allowing you to adapt and get used to the change.  Eventually, it will become the new norm.  Personally, this blog was created and maintained with the same mindset.  I eased into the change of writing every week until it became habitual.  I now make time to write it every week without even thinking about relaxation.  To me, it is just something I have to do and enjoy doing.  Think of something you would like to accomplish and do just that, ease and adapt.  You will thank yourself later.  Make time to live the life you want.

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