We are fascinated by time. We borrow it, waste it, spend it, find
it, take it, and sometimes even charge for it. You have found the time
to read this, others can give us a hard time, we hurry to get to the
shop before closing time arriving in the nick of time, and daylight
saving time is the only form of time travel most of us will experience.
We're even aware that our lives have a time limit (men approximately
600,000 hours and women 700,000). And the demands of everyday life can
be so time-consuming that there's no time left to do the things that
we'd really like to do. We can run out of time to enjoy time.
Time, of course, is a human construct: it didn't exist until we invented it. So there are many observations that continue to be made about this 'thing'.
Time, for example, does seem to speed up and slow down. Time taken travelling seems to go much slower than time spent when we arrive at the destination. Boring meetings and dull conversations seem to go on forever. And clock-watchers at work wish time would speed up and put an end to their misery. We're even prepared to pay significantly different prices for the same thing in different circumstances: timing is everything.
The debate about time speeding up as we age continues to get air-play. Annual events seem to come around more quickly as we age. Charles Schultz told us that, 'Once you're over the hill, you begin to pick up speed'. Gandhi observed that, '...as we grow older the clock runs faster and we slower'. And English novelist, playright, and broadcaster, J. B. Priestly, attributed time's acceleration with age because a year is a much smaller fraction of an older person's life than it is of a child's. Alas, in clock time, the years go by at exactly the same speed as always.
That often-quoted Anonymous said, 'We don't have all the time we need because we don't know how much time we have'. So, if his or her observation is correct, enjoying the moment seems like a good idea.
Given that time is part of everyday life for most of us, it comes as no surprise to find that one of the big demand areas is how to manage it (time, that is). As we've seen, what people mean by 'time' can differ significantly. The challenge, therefore, is to identify the specific type of time management required. This could include getting yourself (or someone else) organised, ending procrastination, setting priorities, using the telephone and social media effectively, handling drop-in visitors, and so on. Effective management of time can become the great enabler.
Time, of course, is a human construct: it didn't exist until we invented it. So there are many observations that continue to be made about this 'thing'.
Time, for example, does seem to speed up and slow down. Time taken travelling seems to go much slower than time spent when we arrive at the destination. Boring meetings and dull conversations seem to go on forever. And clock-watchers at work wish time would speed up and put an end to their misery. We're even prepared to pay significantly different prices for the same thing in different circumstances: timing is everything.
The debate about time speeding up as we age continues to get air-play. Annual events seem to come around more quickly as we age. Charles Schultz told us that, 'Once you're over the hill, you begin to pick up speed'. Gandhi observed that, '...as we grow older the clock runs faster and we slower'. And English novelist, playright, and broadcaster, J. B. Priestly, attributed time's acceleration with age because a year is a much smaller fraction of an older person's life than it is of a child's. Alas, in clock time, the years go by at exactly the same speed as always.
That often-quoted Anonymous said, 'We don't have all the time we need because we don't know how much time we have'. So, if his or her observation is correct, enjoying the moment seems like a good idea.
Given that time is part of everyday life for most of us, it comes as no surprise to find that one of the big demand areas is how to manage it (time, that is). As we've seen, what people mean by 'time' can differ significantly. The challenge, therefore, is to identify the specific type of time management required. This could include getting yourself (or someone else) organised, ending procrastination, setting priorities, using the telephone and social media effectively, handling drop-in visitors, and so on. Effective management of time can become the great enabler.
Dr Neil Flanagan is a conference and keynote speaker. His e-book 'Time Management' can be found at justasktom.com
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