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It’s 9:11 am and I should have started a task by 9:00. I can start now, but the only problem is that 9:11 doesn’t feel like such a beautiful time to start. I decide that 9:30 is probably the best time to do it. So, I scroll and swipe for a while. I check the top left corner of my phone while watching a youtube video (I can’t say how I got to YouTube), the time is 9:36.

I can’t just start yet, there are still some minutes left for the video to end. I think it is much better to make it 10 o’clock. Perfect time, isn’t it?

A whole hour gone for a one-hour task.

This scenario is most probably familiar, and if it is not, you are a time master and I accord you respect.

The issue of procrastination and time management is very critical to every one looking to be highly productive. Benjamin Franklin once said, “Time is money”, and that technically means that we all have the same amount of money.

Practically though, this is not the case. We are on different levels of the value and productivity chain. What then differentiates us?

The answer is simple, “We differ in our use of time.”

Many times (very many), having a wrist watch on or being able to check the time on the phone, makes us feel like guardians of time. The truth is no one can control time.

“You cannot control the way time moves; you can only decide the way you move in time.”

The responsibility of time management and using time well is certainly in your hands. This means that 9:02 and 9:00 are 2 minutes apart and the perfection of the figures have nothing to do with you starting a task.

The beautiful idea of a new day to do what should be done today is at best a scam. At every point, you can make a choice to not wait for a perfect time, but just start.

If you are sure that you could achieve something in 30 minutes. Don’t bother about what time it is now, simply begin, and be sure to put other things away for that particular task. Focus and time go really well together.

This is why it is important to know what you want out of time, by setting down goals and planning the path to their achievement.

We usually know when we are doing something not worth the time, but we just seem to assume that the next minute, or hour, or better still the next day, will open up to better times. The stark reality is that the only time you are in control of is this very moment. As every moment passes, you are in charge.

Of course, tomorrow will afford you more time to be a better version of yourself, but today ensure you become the best possible.

I end with the words of Napoleon Hill, “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.”

Till time brings us together again.

I remain yours,

Elushade Oluwatumininu.