continuing thoughts of the night
Tonight was a bitter-sweet reminder of time. I am currently taking two online classes that have assignments due every Sunday at 11:55 PM. Believing that I had extra time to complete all the assignments, I waited till 7 to start them. During a supposedly brief break, I took notice of the dragon painting below, and decided to write a brief post about some thoughts about the Year of the Dragon.
This brief post turned out to be a long post. I did not start my homework until 9. Due to the concept of time and procrastination, I unfortunately failed to complete one assignment. What done is done. At 11:56 I felt regret, but I soon realized that this is actually a great reminder relating to my previous post.
When I keep pushing back my responsibilities/goals to the last minute, quality will exponentially decrease and benefits will not be fully enjoyed. Instead of absorbing the material of the lesson and striving to excel, I was rushing just to simply complete the assignments.
Applying this thought to general life, what happens when the Sunday 11:55 due date is my death? and instead of knowing of that exact due date, it is “TBD”.
If I finished all the assignments a week in advance, I could have spent my time in other productive pursuits. In life, I don’t know how much time I have left. This begs the question, “How am I spending my time?” Tonight has encouraged me to realize that time management is essential. Live every day as if it were my last, because it might as well be.
