Jack Hume

After completing the time management activity, I was able to do some introspection on the amount of time I spend on activities in my day-to-day life.  I discovered some important things.

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First of all, the amount of time I spend on a certain activity doesn't correlate to how much I value it.  For example, I spend over 8 hours sleeping, and while sleeping is important, it's not one of the things that I "value."  To me, time management is about balancing the things we need to do with the things we want to do - I can't spend all the time I want to on the things I want to do, but I can make sure that I set enough time aside to stay sane.

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When I have too many commitments at once, I have to decide which ones are worth doing and which ones need to be rescheduled or cancelled.  Faced with two activities that require my time, I have to decide which one has higher benefits compared to the costs.  Often times, the things I want to do must be cut in order to get the "needs" done; however, there must be enough time to get fun things in.