Finally Take Charge of Your Time
If you don’t, everyone and everything else will.
Even the best of us fall into time traps of our own design. One science professor I know used to waste hours slamming creationists on discussion boards. He regaled us with funny, forgettable stories.
But he struggled with deadlines.
He battled the clock and calendar so much that he almost totaled a grant project and nearly lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in state funding. His graduate students worked overtime to bail him out, and they didn’t appreciate the extra work.
This science professor wasn’t a fool. He’d managed most of his life well — doctorate degree, articles, a book.
He hadn’t always been such a mess. So what happened?
Finally, someone asked him how much time he usually spent fighting with strangers on the Internet. He massaged his chin.
Not a good sign.
“Most of my Saturday afternoon,” he finally admitted. Then he looked embarrassed. “My wife took the kids to the park. I guess it would’ve been a good idea to go with them.”
Ya think?
Still, his original plan made sense. He’d decided to stay home and grade student projects. Admirable.
