An
integral element towards achieving excellent grades.
Time is
the most important entity that we have as creatures of God. As a matter of
fact, the only thing on earth all humans have in common is time.
The
billionaire and a beggar have the same time allocated to them. In an academic
context, a merit student and a level one student also the same time allocated
to them. In this connection, what you are and what you become depends on how
you use your time. While there are a number of things humans can control, that
is not the case with time, because it cannot be stopped but humans can control
how it will be used.
Some humans are not
conscious with time management, this startles me. It is hard to fathom this
bugbear, because if there something that distinguishes us from other creatures created
by God, it is the fact that we have the capacity for thought. The capacity for
thought that we possess, should give us the ability to manage time. King
Solomon puts it “Go to the ant,
you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! 7 It has no commander, no
overseer or ruler, 8 yet it stores its provisions in summer and
gathers its food at harvest” (Proverbs 6: 6-8).
The moral of this passage is that we must plan our
time effectively and this will make us to be successful people. It is extremely
impossible to sow as seed today and reap it the following day, this is the case
with preparing for the examinations. If we really want to get best grades, we
must give ourselves enough time to study prior to the exams. The late Maya Angelou
echoes the latter statement by saying “All
great achievements require time.”
There are various
things that squander out time. If you want invest on your time, rather than,
spending it, please consider Stephen Covey’s time management grid. Firstly, He says urgent and important
things must be executed straightway (E.g. preparing for a test to be
written in two days’ time). Secondly, he
says for important but not urgent, you can decide when to execute them (E.g.
jogging- if you be writing a test in two days’ time, you can reschedule your
jogging time to be something to do after the test).
Thirdly, urgent not important must be delegated. For instance, when
your friends invites you to watch a soccer match at 15h00pm, while you are
preparing for the exams. You can politely respond with a grin, telling him that
he should tell you the match results when he comes back. Lastly, not important not urgent things, must be dumped, says Covey.
Friends, I’m giving you a chance to select the things that you need to dump…
because they are not adding value to your life.
Remain blessed and always ensure
that you are in good terms with the God Trinity and the orders of the Bible our
Constitution as the Kingdom of God citizens.