FROM WHERE WE SIT

THE average human life span is 617,580 hours which doesn’t seem much. Time is fleeing, as they say.

One day, your time will run out. You can neither keep it nor save it for later use. Despite being valuable and limited, we take time for granted.

About four months ago, I wrote on how a person should be mindful of their personal and fund growth. Simply planning for growth is never enough.

One must also invest resources to pursue growth activities. Together with money, time is important to our growth. We should reallocate time spent on non- essential activities to endeavors that boost our growth.

I was in Dumaguete over the long weekend to attend two business meetings. Due to scheduling constraints, I had to stay there for two nights.

With no travel time to contend to or family to spend time with, I suddenly had more disposable time.

I wasn’t prepared for that. I had a number of things to do but being able to actually do them is a totally different matter.

I was back in my hotel room after dinner while the sun was about to set. “I still have a lot of time,” I said to myself. I believed I could work later. I thought in the meantime, I would browse the internet and see what’s happening elsewhere in the world.

Soon, it was already 9 pm. But there are more excuses for me to work later such as it was Sunday night; that I already worked that afternoon during the meeting; that I will work again tomorrow which is a holiday while being away from my family; that I was already sleepy; because I had to catch the early morning flight for home; and that I deserve to do nothing.

The next time I checked my watch, it was already midnight. I was still deeply engrossed with rummaging through the internet for whatever material I can read.

Soon, it was already 2 am. My