@zen_ that’s a good idea, to work as little as possible in order to find time to do things you enjoy otherwise in life, but what about for those of us that derive pleasure from working? I mean personally, I’m the type of person that truly gets happy knowing I’ve done something productive every day, not just for the paycheck, but for the sense of purpose, and personal satisfaction, I suppose.
@Ben_Dover you know I love your answer, if only for its obvious comedic value, but what if the world were to become fixated in managing time to the point where there were officious settings to insure its allocation was precise? Would this not take the fun out of life in general for some people?
@uberbatman Fantastic answer, and I much agree… which is, in fact what likely prompted my first question posed to Fluther’s collective to be on on time management. Do you then think I should consider my time well-spent communicating with all the great people here? I like to think that it’s a productive thing I’m accomplishing by doing so. Would it be more productive to communicate and help others here on Fluther than perhaps on, say, Facebook or Twitter? I’m just wondering, because I’m a marketing minded person, and I love what technology and social networking bring to the table in that respect.
@Cruiser In my way of thinking, the ability to show empathy is a sure sign of high intelligence, and your answer (and the fact, though I’ve never considered looking at it that way, I embrace its concept,) makes me smile. But what about if we go too far with our prioritising, making other’s time more valuable than our own? I think that’s perhaps what I do, at least sometimes. Do you think that’s a bad thing?
@Austinlad Your answer is clean, concise, and thanks for it. Is that then indication of how you manage your time as well; in a very lateral fashion? Is there room ever, do you you think, for deviation from the norm of it though?
@CaptainHarley As I say, I think that your answer provides a nice way of prioritising one’s time. However, considering that it would take time to create the materials necessary to physically organise and intangible, like time, do you also make a card that addresses how much time it would take to create these cards? I’m a bit of an over-thinker… forgive me. :)
@Simone_De_Beauvoir Nono… well if you buy her book, then I suppose, yes. I was turned onto this woman “Rene Johnson” I think is her name, by way of a friend I have that runs her own business. She posts various relevant videos and how-tos to help others find their way in start ups on places like Twitter and Facebook as well as other social networking sites. When I ran across this video on recognising your time as something precious as a resource, I was stunned I’d not ever really considered it as such. But I’m with you on the multi-tasking without driving yourself insane. On that note, then, what with all the technology in the past decade or so, do you think the ability to multi-task more easily is a boon to society or a hinderance, since it causes the mind to have to focus on so many more things at one time? Do you think that’s helped the quality of, let’s say, products, or even something as simple as communication with one another, to progress, or has it declined?
@Trillian Your answer is so very insightful in that it lends itself to the reader (I’m a writer, so I say that sort of thing… forgive me:P ) who is likely able to recognise at least a similar personal experience where he or she was forced to eventually realise that time IS a precious commodity, not to be wasted by others’ determination of its worth. So then, then thinking on @Cruiser ‘s response to the question, saying that others’ time should be considered as valuable one’s own time, with your decision to guard your own time with care, do you still then value other’s time as much, or are you of the opinion that to each his own (time) ?
@Seaofclouds I think that my guru was right, and everyone’s answers have validated my thinking on that, including yours. In relation to housework, I find it interesting that so many people seem no longer to consider this sort of work a priority, rather putting it aside when they’ve nothing else to do. So you’re saying in your prioritising of your time, you get done the things you feel you NEED to get done, so that you can do the things you WANT to do. But, again, as I asked @zen_ earlier, what if one of the things you WANT to do is housework? I ask because I’m like that.
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