Comments on: Manvotional: The Improvement of Time

By: Bela

Bela — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:01:43 +0000

After having worked on time sensitive projects throughout college and graduate school, I appreciate the aspect of planning one’s time. However, I think there are some tasks , such as a paper, that cannot be placed into a planner. Therefore, at times, even when planning what you will work on, may not have specific time frame.

Also, I think procrastination is looked down upon too much. I’ve often times found that procrastination with my friends, allows my mind to leave the task at hand and I am able to come back to it with a fresh view.

Apart from scheduled work that needs to be done, I have never felt the need to plan my day. I know what tasks need to be done in my day and I work on them until they are either done, or a sufficient stopping point has been reached.

I have tried to plan my day in the past and I have found that the structure of the schedule hinders my productivity to an extent.

@Vaughn, I feel that it is overwritten as well. The dramatic tone does not accentuate the point any more than reading any chapter about time management. In the end, it is a personal choice to do what you need to do or to not do so.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:10:16 +0000

Really liked the post and the style.

While reading the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, I realized that I was squandering my time by failing to control it. I’ve found that planning and recording what I do with my time is essential to productivity, personal satisfaction and avoiding procrastination. And, it doesn’t cost much. There are even a number of websites with suggestions and templates to use to create your own planner. I’ve created my own using the DIY Planner website. And, it’s really true, the more one plans, the more time one has.

By: Brett McKay

Brett McKay — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:11:32 +0000

@Vaughn-

Success books from the 19th and early 20th century all have a kind of dramatic writing style that’s foreign to modern readers. Personally that’s what I love about them. But I imagine it’s a matter of taste.

By: Dr. Rod Berger

Dr. Rod Berger — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:44:29 +0000

Thanks for discussing an issue and topic that impact us all on a daily basis. One that impacts our ability to communicate because too often it is…”this too shall pass” when actually we need to stand up and take control of our time and communicate our needs along side. Thanks! Great post.
Dr. Rod

By: Vaughn Johnson

Vaughn Johnson — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:48:47 +0000

I love AofM as much as the next guy but am I the only one who felt this post was dramatically overwritten? I too believe time to be an astonishing wonder of the world. But more interesting still, is man’s evident ability to somehow both quantify and qualify such an inanimate existence.

Just a thought…

By: Tyler Logan

Tyler Logan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:22:02 +0000

Oh time time time – where have you gone! Nicely written, now I need to go be productive.

By: Daniel Gedutis

Daniel Gedutis — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:12:02 +0000

Thanks for reminding me that time is precious, and what a man does with the time he has been given makes that time valuable.

By: Kenneth Payne

Kenneth Payne — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:24:18 +0000

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.
Benjamin Franklin, ‘Poor Richard’s Almanack,’ June 1746

By: Richard | RichardShelmerdine.com

Richard | RichardShelmerdine.com — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:20:23 +0000

It is a capacity in which men are equal. I really like that. Nice post.