2008 Woodie Awards
Sleep and good grades: The perks of time management
Issue date: 12/7/06 Section: Opinions
- Page 1 of 2 next >
(U-WIRE) BOSTON -- Time is underrated. How motivated do you feel right now to read this perspective? The next line? The next word? If you're like the majority of students in Boston University, you're probably skimming the stories in this newspaper three minutes before class starts or as you rush across Commonwealth Avenue to get on the next T, hoping not to get hit by the bicyclist coming toward you as you hold on tightly to your tall latte from Starbucks. You're upset because you didn't get enough sleep after pulling an all-nighter, and the thought of attending an 8 a.m. lecture seems cruel to you. "I don't have time for anything!" you angrily remind yourself. There's never enough time. Or is there?
How much do we truly value time? Since the moment I started classes at BU, I've felt like the days pass by at the speed of light, and yet, I've tried my hardest to hold on to making every hour worthwhile. But, it wasn't always this way.
I became a pro at time-management the moment I started taking advanced placement classes in high school while balancing my many extra-curricular activities. To top it off, I also held an after-school job at Washington Mutual Bank. My life became a constant routine of things-to-do by the hour, always aiming to avoid all-nighters and sleep deprivation. Every morning, I would go to school, then to work and, after a very fast, unbalanced / unhealthy meal and a quick shower, I would start homework at around 7 p.m. Talking on the phone with friends would get the best of me and constant commenting on MySpace made me a traitor to my own ideology on time management. But, what was I supposed to do? We are all slaves to today's unstoppable technological revolution and prisoners of our own procrastinations. Yet, regardless of all of the distractions and various activities, I always managed to do it all while getting my beauty sleep, above all.
Then, college started. I became powerless to late-night mania. Meeting up for lunch, playing ping-pong at BU Central, talking for hours with friends after dinner at Warren, uploading pictures online 24/7, wall-to-wall comments, messaging, tagging, updating information on Facebook, catching up with friends on MySpace while also adding pictures and commenting, watching TV and just plain old hanging out with friends made my days exciting and fun. But, when it came down to doing homework, all of my energy had abandoned me. I was out of control and started going to sleep late without a justification.
How much do we truly value time? Since the moment I started classes at BU, I've felt like the days pass by at the speed of light, and yet, I've tried my hardest to hold on to making every hour worthwhile. But, it wasn't always this way.
I became a pro at time-management the moment I started taking advanced placement classes in high school while balancing my many extra-curricular activities. To top it off, I also held an after-school job at Washington Mutual Bank. My life became a constant routine of things-to-do by the hour, always aiming to avoid all-nighters and sleep deprivation. Every morning, I would go to school, then to work and, after a very fast, unbalanced / unhealthy meal and a quick shower, I would start homework at around 7 p.m. Talking on the phone with friends would get the best of me and constant commenting on MySpace made me a traitor to my own ideology on time management. But, what was I supposed to do? We are all slaves to today's unstoppable technological revolution and prisoners of our own procrastinations. Yet, regardless of all of the distractions and various activities, I always managed to do it all while getting my beauty sleep, above all.
Then, college started. I became powerless to late-night mania. Meeting up for lunch, playing ping-pong at BU Central, talking for hours with friends after dinner at Warren, uploading pictures online 24/7, wall-to-wall comments, messaging, tagging, updating information on Facebook, catching up with friends on MySpace while also adding pictures and commenting, watching TV and just plain old hanging out with friends made my days exciting and fun. But, when it came down to doing homework, all of my energy had abandoned me. I was out of control and started going to sleep late without a justification.
Be the first to comment on this story