Time Management, An Illusion







    The time management courses are very popular. In the organization, they teach their staff how to manage the time. I had always a dither in my mind; can we really manage the time? Time is eternal, Primeval, Ever-existing entity. It will not change or linger for anyone. It will keep moving with the same speed, whether we divide 60 minutes in one hour or 100 minutes in one hour. It does not make any changes in its distinctiveness. At one side, we say “Time and Tide wait for none”, and at other side we talk about the time management. The tide in the ocean takes place, due to the gravitational pull of the moon. And, the moon is also the embodiment of the time. The Hindu and Islamic calendar is based on the lunar calculations. The Gregorian calendar (English Calendar) is based on the Sun. We calculate the time on the earth, on the basis of the movements of these planets. It means, to manage the time, we need to manage the movements of these planets. Can we manage the movements of these planets?

                          

Let us delve into deeper. In fact, the time is not decided on the basis of the movement of the planets. The movements of these planets are on the basis of the time. The time is eternal, not the planets. The planets are bound to dissolve one day, because these are created one. And, the created one are destined to dissolve. The existence of the time is primeval, and will continue to exist, whether the planets or other creatures exist or not. It does not make any changes in the nature of the time.  The science also accepts that there is a certain life of these planets. It appears that everything is being managed according to the time. Then, how it would be possible to manage the time? This is simply an illusion, and it indicates towards the sparse of our understanding the nature of the time, when we talk about the time management.

Of course, the time cannot be managed, but activities can be managed according to the time. In fact, it should not be the time management; rather it should be the activity management. Both the successful and futile person has the same time. But the successful persons manage their activities successfully according to the time. On the contrary, the futile persons waste their time in the illusion of time management rather than activity management. In western countries, there is concept of Day Light Savings. According to the winter and summer, they make changes in their clock.  By doing this, no changes is taking place in the movement of the planets. In this way too, we are trying to manage the activities according to the time.

If the time can be managed, the why we should be in hasten, and bemoan on the wastage of the time. Let us wipe out the illusion of the time management and concentrate on the activity management.