1. We think there is enough time: After all it is easy to take for granted whatever is marginally available for free. In our day to day lifestyles, anything we have in abundance is what we take for granted. Whatever is scarce is whatever we are careful of losing. Because it seemed tomorrow has “more time”, we are likely to let today’s time slip away. I have learnt that people whose days are estimated by the doctor to be short seem to work harder than usual. This is because they know there is not enough time on their sides.

2. The punishment is always at the end: We are not punished for a wasted time; we are punished by a wasted time. We miss opportunities we look for and never get and this alone it a regrettable punishment. However, the punishment never comes at the beginning; it always at the last end and this accounts for the reason why we are good at wasting time.

3. We don’t learn time management: Everything you can do must be learnt; if you learnt it better, you will do it better. If you refuse to learn, you will use wrong methods that won’t give you the right use of time. Time management is a whole concept that everyone must learn. You will be happy managing your time because you will discover that you could do a lot at a limited time.

4. We give our jobs to others to do for us: It is obvious that when you depend on others for them to do your work for you, you may end up delaying your time for success. Everybody is busy with something and you got to be busy too. Your actions may not be regular and consistent when lay your hopes on the laps of other people. Do it yourself and rescue your visions.

5. We don’t plan our time: If you don’t plan your time, you will end up wasting a big chunk of your life. How you spend each day will determine how you will spend your years and how you will spend your years will tell what you will achieve in your entire life. If you live each day unplanned, you will end up wasting your lifetime. If you waste your lifetime, your dreams won’t survive.

6. We get distracted easily: Events, entertainments, social media and other stuffs can eat up our major time. Silently, less important tasks can also entice us to waste our time in the sense that they hook us unto doing something that won’t create any value for us. Time wasting is not a synonym of “idleness.” Some people who are up to some tasks even waste their time more because those tasks play no relevant roles in saving their dreams from dying.

7. We wait for perfect conditions: Perfect conditions never exist. If you wait for things to be right before you begin, you will die and carry your big dreams to the silent cemetery untouched. Desire for “perfection” before you start is an illness that can take your dreams to the grave untouched. Swallow this pill from Martin Luther King Jr.; “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

“Punctuality is not just limited to arriving at a place at right time; it is also about taking actions at right time.” – Amit Kalantri.

Be circumspect and make good use of time; when it is wasted, it can’t be regained!