Many feel life is passing by too quickly. We move from one season to the next and wonder where the time went. Days, months, and years fly by at tremendous speed and we can’t seem to get anything we want done. Is there any way to use time-management for goal setting?
Small children that we brought into the world suddenly turn into adults and have children of their own. At some point in our lives we start to wonder if we are accomplishing all that we set out to achieve. We feel like we waste much of the precious gift of our life’s breaths and our time in useless pursuits. Instead of gaining what is most important, we waste time in petty pursuits.
Time Management Means Making the Best Use of Our Time
Time is precious. Once time is gone we cannot retrieve it. Time-management really means making the best use of the time we have been given. Let us make the best use of our time. If we do so, then we can achieve our goals in life.
There is a saying to remind us about the importance of every breath: “Think about each moment. For what are we trading it away?” Do we want to trade it away for thoughts of anger or greed? Do we want to trade it away to brood over the past or worry about the future? Do we want to spend it on pastimes that have no value for us? Or do we wish to spend the moment in doing something to discover who we really are and to find out why we are here? What will be the most valuable to us in our life?
Goal Setting Begins with Deciding What Is Important in Life
We can avoid being aimlessly adrift on the sea of life. It would be valuable to engage in goal setting by deciding what is important in life. We can spend some time to decide the direction we wish to go in.
Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj
