A new perspective on procrastination!

Time management is the subject everyone has started hearing about at a very early stage, probably right after preschool. Its importance cannot be emphasized enough, and yet we only notice that maybe a little bit too late. Even though the saying goes by it’s never too late, it’s safe to say that realizing the importance of a subject while people around you are still willing to give some advice and assistance is very much more helpful than realizing its importance when you have to learn about it all by yourself.

It may not come as a surprise that the day is divided into 24 hours. This only becomes a problem when the things you need to get done require much more than 24 hours; hence sleep becomes a problem and procrastination a crisis. Now of course, every problem comes with a solution, and we’re going to be talking about the latter first. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, procrastination is: putting off intentionally the doing of something that should be done. The two main keywords in the definition are ‘intentionally’ and ‘should be done’. Being time efficient begins by identifying what has to be done and wasting no time doing it. The first step into time efficiency is in knowing what should be done. Not working according to a schedule and according to a set number of tasks, even if it’s not written down, is not working at all. How can you possibly reach a destination without pinning it down first? The process of knowing what should be done is not merely as important as doing it. There’s a famous Arabic saying that goes by: don’t postpone today’s work on tomorrow, for tomorrow brings with it its own work. The same goes for the hour; don’t postpone this hours work on the next… you get the point.

The most important aspect of time management in my opinion is sleep management. It cannot be emphasized enough how big of an impact a sleep schedule might have on your effectiveness at work. Regardless of which schedule goes well with your body and brain synchronization, it is advised to stay away from the “your body needs eight hours of sleep every night” vision. Though sleep is essential for brain development and the learning process, great accomplishments never happened in a bedroom.