9. Time Management

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The ability to manage time is a skill that is important in everyone's lives. If you are a student, an employee, an employer or self-employed, it is essential to be able to manage your time well as this would go a long way in helping you achieve the best of every passing day.

Before my admission into the college, I often took time for granted; always assumed time was on my side. However, I have been proved wrong on several occasions such as rushing to meet deadlines, running late for appointments as well as loosing valuable time without having anything reasonable done at the end of the day. All of these were down to my inability to manage time.

After my admission into college and I discovered the amount of work to be done, the hours to spend in school, the little time left to do assignments coupled with other responsibilities at home, I said to myself, now is the time to get started with time management. With the lectures received in class and my personal research I now understand how to use my time effective. I now plan my days ahead by making a list of the tasks to carry out each day according to priority. I have a master and weekly schedule created which I strictly follow ensuring to use all time available. However, I carve out some time for relaxation as my lecturer would always say 'reward yourself'.

I have come to realize that every time we have is an opportunity that must not be taken for granted but utilized effectively.  I make good use of every opportunity I have with time because time, they say, waits for no one. This is really working for me. I believe it can work for you too.