The question is often asked why we never have any spare time in modern life, in spite of a glut of "labor-saving" inventions and the growth of production efficiencies. Here are a few thoughts about why we are so busy:
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Poor Choice Management. Much has been written about proper time management, but sometimes the advice focuses merely on making more efficient use of time: do two tasks at once,get up earlier,delegate everything.Such advice does not really effectively address the problem of too many tasks.In fact,too much emphasis on time management makes one obsessive, always watching the clock and thinking about what task is scheduled next.So perhaps the nervousness over time management should give way to a more thoughtful care about choice management.Manage your life,not your time.Modern society suffers from an unwillingness to say, "No." Faced with too many options and too much pressure,we respond with too many yesses.We are afraid to deny to others or to ourselves the many opportunities,the many options,we face daily.But everything we choose requires Use Time.We have PS2, a computer with broadband connection,a GUNDAM model kit set(for those GUNDAM maniacs out there),YM,MSM--and all cry out to be used and use requires time.There is an old proverb somewhere that says,"To accomplish more, do less."
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Inefficient Learning. We rush through things,learn them partially, and must repeat the work.Or what was learned gets pushed out by too much other new information.We have yet to accommodate our ideas of education to the information age.With the aggregate of knowledge doubling annually(someone has guessed),we can no longer expect to cover everything.Yet we try.The fabric of learning that is a hundred miles wide and about as deep as a sheet of paper is not going to be useful.shift down your gear,and learn a few lasting things.
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Fewer Support Structures.....do acquire HELP.
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Higher Expectations. Rather than having more leisure time, we have less because we expect to do more and others expect us to do more.We try to match the pace of a fast society.This is related to poor choice management,since we want it all and want to do everything,thus raising our expectations for activity."Ouuuu, tomorrow is Saturday,a day for leisure.Let's wake up late in the morning, a movie in the afternoon, and to dinner then KARAOKE with our friends until the last train.Then we will still have time to see that video,check our mail,and watch the news before bed."....try that!!!
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Maintenance Time Costs. The products we buy require maintenance time.Computers,cars,IPODS,all need attention...I'm sure that you don't want to listen to the same playlists in your IPOD.The more items we have,the more time we spend maintaining or taking care of them--not using them.Every nifty computer program or add-on we buy requires substantial time to learn and to use.Like the new TV tuner card that i just bought for my PC.I just wanted to see TV from my PC and see what i got:
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The Change Effect. We live in constant change. The psychological stress of change can be dealt with, but the main effect of change is a time expenditure for a learning curve.New software,new games(ouu...i just finished playing
LOTR:The Battle For Middle Earth...what?!!!i'm outdated???),a detour to work,new rules to follow, all require time to learn.
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Figuring out what to write in my Blog. In fact,nobody's reading....
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