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What About World Cup and Other Distractions?
6-18-2014
With today's distractions: Facebook, football, hobbies, candy crush -- we have to find a balance through it all. The old saying goes "time flies when you're having fun." But what no one is saying is that time flies when you're having fun and beneficial time spent is left behind in the midst of all that fun.
While it's okay to enjoy your time with fun activities, we can't let it consume all our days. We log online to check an email and our messages, then before we know it, hours have passed and you've become distracted by Facebook updates. Refreshing the page to see if anything changed from a minute ago. Hey, I know I'm not the only one!
Even in light of the World Cup, which has just started, there is always something that might distract us! Whether you're cheering for Brazil or Croatia we have to remember to find balance. Hey, even the players in the World Cup have to make proper use of their time! Otherwise, they wouldn't be there in the first place, they are living their life and dreams to the fullest and we can do the same if we prepare today!
Here are four important steps to better time and self-management:
1- Set goals-- what do you need to accomplish today, this week, this month? If that's too much, try baby steps, set daily goals, write your To do list and take time to accomplish it.
Parents can sit with their children and write down goals to accomplish, small term and long term goals. Having it written makes for a great reminder and it can aid in helping each other work towards those goals. Goals can include study time, what next, and work to cover and how many hours needed to accomplish it.
2- Get to bed on time- early to bed, early to rise-- will help you manage your time! TV shows are a big distraction, keeping us up late, taking our time, and filling our head up with often times useless information.
One show turns into watching the first three seasons of x y z show on Netflix . Staying up late can hinder us from getting up early to get a head start on our day. Allah made the day for work and the night for rest. There's a reason why, getting optimum rest is good for the body. For us to prioritize and manage our selves better our body also has to be well rested and not tired and sluggish.
3- Start your day with fajr- from there map out your day. Don't let your time just slip away- plan it. Even if you go back to sleep, allot a short time for that before you start your first activity. Ideally it's better to not go back to sleep, but hey we can all relate! So After fajr , what's the second most important task to get done? And then the third task to accomplish? And so on... Fajr is a great start to map out your day.
This way, you would get all the important tasks accomplished and you will have the time to watch how your favorite team is doing in the World Cup!
4- Have all the tools readily available and prepared- in life there's tools to help one succeed. Choose your tools wisely! Because without them or choosing the wrong ones will lead to difficulty, if not failure.
Parents can provide these tools so their children can get used to having them and they will use them throughout their life and be a better-organized person. The tools to have are timers, clocks with alarms, organizers, note pads, calendars, pens/pencils, dry erase boards and so on to fit --what one needs to make best use of their time.
While there is much fun to enjoy, there's only 24 hours in a day…
1,440 minutes in a day…
86,440 seconds in a day…
How will you spend it?
Let's remember to get the maximum benefit!
So help us God.
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